While excavating in the Valley of the Kings, an Egyptian worker on an archaeological dig discovered a partially obscured step ...

When Howard Carter uncovered the tomb of Tutankhamun in 1922, the world believed it had witnessed the greatest archaeological discovery in history. But over a century later, the evidence inside the ...

From the must-see locations to the most frequently asked questions, our guide has all you need to plan your next visit.

A paleontologist was trying to locate the site of a famous 1908 discovery when a rancher in Wyoming shared an important clue.

The Museum of Idaho is excited to announce a generous $50,000 donation from Oklo, an advanced nuclear technology company ...

In an excerpt from his new book Dinner with King Tut, Sam Kean explores a weird and wild '90s experiment to replicate ancient ...

Some of the recent advances in the quest to catch a whiff of history are featured in the new book Scents of Arabia: ...

Researchers reveal that a 66-million-year-old “dinosaur mummy” wasn’t preserved skin but a thin clay film that perfectly ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Researchers have unearthed a spooky pair of dinosaur mummies that seem to have been preserved in an ...

Turns out, ancient body art is a lot more common than we once thought—and it's providing historians with new ways of understanding our ancestors. Archaeologist Aaron Deter-Wolf, pictured in his office ...

It was teased over the weekend as the Oregon Ducks prepared for a prime-time showdown against the Penn State Nittany Lions. On Wednesday night, the program delivered. The Ducks unveiled their "Mummy ...