NASA finds carbon molecules in ancient Martian lake, and scientists admit it is difficult to explain them without life.

Is it a child’s toy? A weapon? Or just something that looked cool on an ancient Roman bookcase? These small hollow objects (one is pictured above), made of copper alloy with 12 flat pentagonal faces, ...

Researchers have recently made groundbreaking progress in decoding mysterious symbols found on ancient tablets, potentially unlocking secrets of ancient civilizations. These discoveries could ...

Few civilizations have a more mysterious reputation than Ancient Egypt. But the point of a mystery is to solve it, and over the years researchers have learned a lot about the land of hieroglyphs, holy ...

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Scientists suggest it may be the remains of a prehistoric hominin that walked alongside Neanderthals hundreds of thousands of years ago. Reading time 3 minutes In 1960, a villager found something ...

The presence of the warm, reddish-orange mineral in the Bronze Age archaeological site of Sanxingdui has long puzzled archaeologists.

Ancient humans lived on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi at least a million years ago — 800,000 years earlier than previously known — according to stone tools found under a corn field. The artefacts, ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. From Ancient Egyptian mega-tombs to a pyramid with an unexpected occupant, here are 10 ancient burial practices that have raised questions. Watch ...