Off the coast of Marseille, National Geographic Explorer Jacques-Yves Cousteau hauled up thousands of ancient clay ...

From a garden at the Holy Sepulchre to new dates for the Dead Sea Scrolls, new research is offering detailed glimpses into ...

The true date of the eruption has long eluded—and vexed—historians of the deadly disaster. Here’s what the archaeological ...

Centuries of excavations have unearthed a few theories about what really brought down one of the oldest cities in the ancient world.

Researchers have long speculated about the purpose and meaning of pointy “head cones” depicted in Egyptian art. Now they’ve ...

With backcountry camping, river swims and endless solitude, the multi-day Escalante hiking route offers deep insight into the ...

As a kid, I loved rummaging around my uncle’s makeshift museum. Wilfred Sylvester was an enthusiastic amateur historian and collector of remarkable artifacts, and he had transformed two rooms of my ...

Traditional sources and scholars have long hypothesized the location of this sacred chest. But tracing its whereabouts is more difficult than it seems. A SACRED CHESTThis model of the Ark of the ...

Calakmul remained relatively undisturbed until gum harvesters in Mexico led an American botanist to them in 1931. Here’s what was found in its remnants. Structure II, a pyramid at Calakmul, was ...

Scholars will take a fresh look at the authenticity of a rock purporting to reveal the fate of the Lost Colony of Roanoke ...

Another example from the ROM, as reported by the Free Press, shows blue glass pieces, including a jug, flask, bowl, aryballos ...