The royal symbol on the newly discovered figurines solves a long-standing mystery by identifying who was buried in the ...

The recent discovery of the moai’s true builders comes not long after scientists from Binghamton University and the University of Arizona confirmed that the statues were moved by “walking” across ...

Archaeological mystery The current theory on human migrations into Japan is that the original inhabitants, the Jomon people, were met about 2,500 years ago by a separate group coming mainly from the ...

Inside a wooden tar-paper shack, technicians manning a crude control panel with dials and switches sent Cape Canaveral's first rocket — Bumper 8 — soaring skyward over the Atlantic Ocean on July 24, ...

Researchers have conducted a census of the Japanese population around 2,500 years ago using the Y chromosomes of men living on the main islands of modern-day Japan. This is the first time analysis of ...

Archaeologists have discovered a broken panel that depicts the only known example of spider rock art in Egypt and, it appears, the entire Old World. (Photo by Salima Ikram, North Kharga Oasis Survey, ...

Growing up in the Northwest in the 20th century, if you had any interest in local history, you probably heard about the mystery of the “Beeswax Ship.” You might have read about it in a book from your ...

In a new Apostolic Letter commemorating the centenary of the foundation of the Pontifical Institute of Christian Archaeology, ...

In the ruins of a city that was once Rome's neighbor, archaeologists last summer found a 1,000-pound lead coffin. In the ruins of a city that was once Rome's neighbor, archaeologists last summer found ...

A mystery artifact was recently excavated from The Paul Revere House property located on the Freedom Trail, Boston Archaeology announced on Tuesday. The city of Boston’s Archaeology department shared ...

An archeological site in the ancient Roman city of Pollentia (iStock). Visitors to the site of the ancient Roman city of Pollentia during the month of July at any point in the last five years would ...