EIN GEDI, ISRAEL—When researchers entered a cave high above the Dead Sea, they intended to use multispectral imaging on a faint ancient Hebrew inscription found there, which they believed dated ...

PINEVILLE, LOUISIANA—A fallen tree in central Louisiana led archaeologists to the ruins of a long-forgotten college campus, according to a statement released by Louisiana State University (LSU ...

VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA— The Conversation reports the results of a new study that has solved the mystery behind the origins and meaning of a series of enigmatic finger imprints lining the walls of ...

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA—It has been difficult for archaeologists to accurately estimate the ancient Maya population […] ...

SIERRA DE ATAPUERCA, SPAIN—Hundreds of human bone fragments found at El Mirador Cave in Sierra de Atapuerca are evidence of a gruesome event that occurred during the late Neolithic period ...

COOKHAM, ENGLAND—When University of Reading archaeologists began excavating a cemetery at an eighth-century Anglo-Saxon monastery in Cookham, Berkshire, they were surprised at the unusual ...

FLEETWOOD, NORTH CAROLINA—Appalachian State University announced that archaeologists were recently summoned to a university property […] ...

KAPITAN PETKO VOIVODA, BULGARIA—A richly adorned grave of a Thracian warrior and his horse was unearthed in a village near Topolovgrad, according to the Greek Reporter. Previous excavations in ...

On a small Danish island 5,000 years ago, farmers crafted tokens to bring the sun out of the shadows ...

Atop a plateau in northwest Iran, above rolling pastures hemmed in by snowcapped mountains, rest the ruins of a sanctuary at a site known as Takht-e Soleyman, or Throne of Solomon. More than 1,500 ...

The city of Stratonicea, founded in the third century b.c. in the western Anatolian region of Caria, became a thriving center of trade and religious activity. Stratonicea included a large ...

Thousands of fantastical bronzes are beginning to reveal the secrets of a legendary Chinese dynasty ...