Ancient scripts like Linear A and Rongorongo are among the mysterious undeciphered languages that continue to puzzle ...

In a study published in Latin American Antiquity, Dr. Julien Hiquet and Dr. Rémi Méreuze analyzed the remains of a unique ...

Someone born near the start of the 20th century could have witnessed the dawn of commercial flight, the creation of nuclear weapons, the moon landing and even the early growth ...

Ten miles off the coast of South Ayrshire in Scotland, lies the island of Ailsa Craig. Uninhabited and shaped by ancient volcanic activity, the island is made almost entirely of microgranite.

Seven thousand years ago, people living on the Atlantic edge of Europe built a massive wall of stone where land met water.

The oldest sediment DNA discovered so far comes from Greenland and is 2 million years old.

The strongest evidence for “lost technology” in Egypt comes from hard stone artifacts showing repeatable precision across multiple sites and periods. Researchers argue that the tool marks, ...

The Karnak Temple Complex is one of the largest stone structures ever built. Its scale, precision, and longevity raise important questions about how ancient Egyptian builders worked. This video ...

An enormous ancient Egyptian sun temple from the Fifth Dynasty has been excavated by an Italian archaeological team.

Cartoonist and counterculture icon R. Crumb reflects on his remarkable life and work in a new interview from his home in the South of France.

Hidden among the rolling hills of eastern Missouri lies a natural sanctuary that feels like stepping into another world entirely – Washington State Park in De Soto.

For nearly a century, a strange band of thousands of holes carved into a Peruvian hillside has defied explanation. Stretching for nearly a mile (1.5 km) along the edge of the Pisco Valley, Monte ...