Archaeology, the study of human history through the excavation of sites and the analysis of artifacts, often unearths enigmatic discoveries that challenge our understanding of the past. These ...

Explore 25 Historic Mysteries Scientists Are Still Unraveling, from vanished cities to lost treasures. Dive into ancient ...

The history of the planet and the civilizations that have lived on it are among life’s greatest mysteries. People have roamed the Earth for thousands of years, and some of the most incredible relics ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The discovery of a mysterious vault beneath a popular British tourist town has launched an archaeological investigation regarding ...

About 6,500 years ago, Neolithic groups dug several sets of concentric circles into a field in Austria. With time, grass grew to obscure the earthworks, which were unnoticed by subsequent inhabitants ...

The legends describe the mysterious moon-eyed people as being entirely pale-skinned, heavily bearded, and possessing uniquely shaped eyes that were extremely sensitive to sunlight. Because the bright ...

Likely used for baptisms, the slab of carved marble is a relic of early Christianity.

Archaeologists recently uncovered a surprising 1,400-year-old skull in an ancient village in Mexico — unusual for both its flat top and cube-like shape. Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and ...

Whether you board a bus in Vientiane, the modern-day capital of Laos, or its ancient capital of Luang Prabang, it will take at least six hours to reach the Plain of Jars. Located just outside of ...

After metal detectorists searching the Begića Glavica hill near Travnik in Bosnia discovered a hoard of buried buttons and ...

If you've ever tried to overhaul a garden, you know you're bound to find broken bits of pottery and long-forgotten statuary swallowed by vines – but for one couple, that imitation of archaeological ...

A hidden vault found beneath the popular tourist town may belong to 18th-century historian John Duncombe, sparking an investigation. Archaeologists discovered 14 mysterious vaults beneath former ...