Did you know they found ships in the middle of the desert that are older than the pyramids? Sounds crazy, right? These ancient ships were discovered in Egypt, buried near the Nile River, and they date ...

When you think of ancient Egypt, you might imagine towering pyramids, majestic temples, and the noseless Great Sphinx of Giza ...

As all these discoveries show, the land’s buried secrets have the power to transform our understanding of history, faith, and the human experience. Few places on Earth carry as much weight of history ...

Volunteers were baffled recently when they unearthed not one but two ancient shoes at a historic British site. The discoveries were made at Magna, an Ancient Roman fort in Northumberland, in late May.

Scientists have discovered prehistoric insects preserved in amber for the first time in South America, providing a fresh glimpse into life on Earth at a time when flowering plants were just beginning ...

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The discovery of a sunken port off the coast of Egypt may offer a puzzle piece in the longstanding search for Cleopatra’s lost tomb and glimpses into the country’s ancient maritime activity, according ...

A recent discovery in the United Kingdom shows that chunky jewelry has always been in fashion – even in Ancient Rome. Wessex Archaeology announced the discovery of the unusual eight-sided ring in a ...

Ancient home foundations found in central China are the first of their kind to be unearthed. Xianyang Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology and the School of Cultural Heritage at Northwest ...

Archaeologists excavated site near Bentfeld and found a rare 1,600-year-old wooden structure and other artifacts, officials said. Photo from EggensteinExca / S. Knippschild via LWL The summaries below ...

The tombs date back to the Old Kingdom and First Intermediate eras. Egypt announced on Thursday the discovery of five ancient tombs in Saqqara, marking the latest in a series of discoveries in the ...