Archaeologists with the World Monuments Fund uncovered over 100 previously unknown archaeological structures in Peru’s Rio ...

A new book argues that civilizations built on centralized wealth and power contain the seeds of their own destruction.

Archaeologists in Hungary have uncovered a 1,300-year-old warrior’s tomb containing one of only about 80 known Avar sabers, a ...

Human beings have regularly found ways of leaving traces to explain their world. Rock art, of course, has been found wherever ...

Across caves, jungles, and deserts, archaeologists are piecing together traces of societies that slipped from written history ...

Archaeologists in Georgia have uncovered an ancient tablet etched with mysterious symbols that defy any known language, ...

The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, in modern-day Turkey, was an ornate memorial built for Carian ruler Mausolus and overseen by his sister-wife Artemesia II.

John Monsky details the history of the Unknown Soldier and the origins of Veterans Day. The U.S. takes no territory in WWI, only leases for nine cemeteries for the American dead. Each grave has a ...

An ancient society near the southern shores of Lake Titicaca in modern-day Bolivia was once one of the continent's most powerful civilizations. Known as Tiwanaku, the ancient society is widely ...

In 1914, Rakhaldas Banerji, Director of the Western Archaeological District in Bombay (now Mumbai), went to investigate a series of mounds near the town of Dokri in Sindh Province, Pakistan. The site ...

Ancient civilizations demonstrated remarkable ingenuity in solving complex engineering, architectural, and technological challenges using tools and methods that often seem impossibly sophisticated for ...

Looking ahead to 2027, it feels like we’re on the edge of something big. It’s not about flashy invasions or grand pronouncements, but more like a quiet shift in how we understand our place in the ...