For years, scientists have been perplexed by the origins of a gravitational hole in the Indian Ocean. Researchers now believe the explanation could be the submerged floor of an extinct ocean.
Archaeologists unearthed 25 skeletons from graves in Jilin Province in northeastern China. The oldest were 12 thousand years old. Eleven male, female, and child skeletons – just under half of them – had elongated skulls.
A recent study of a mummified "mermaid" discovered in a Japanese shrine has revealed its true composition, and it is not what scientists expected.
These days, most receipts are made of paper, but about 2,000 years ago, an important financial record was recorded on a much heavier material: stone.
To find such an axe in the hands of a Minoan woman would suggest strongly that she held a powerful position within the Minoan culture.
Archaeologists have discovered a cache of Roman swords deposited in a cave in the Judean Desert.
According to a study, the purported remains of Sa-Nakht, an ancient Egyptian pharaoh, could potentially be the most ancient documented instance of a gigantic human.
The figurine dates to the Neolithic period, when ancient people first started to develop farming communities in Italy.
Giant skeletons found; archaeologists sent expedition to explore graveyards in New Mexico where bodies were unearthed.
Archaeologists have uncovered the head from a marble statue during excavations in Rome’s Piazza Augusto Imperatore near the corner of Via di Ripetta along the Tiber.