Still, the fancy persists, implanted like a microchip, ever since Erich von Däniken’s 1968 best-seller, “Chariots of the Gods ...

Something haunting happens when you stand in the ruins of a place once teeming with life. The silence speaks louder than the ...

The vast majority of our planet’s oceans remain unexplored, hiding secrets that challenge everything we thought we knew about ...

One of the most memorable details described by INAH and repeated by later reporting, the owl’s beak curves over a painted stucco face thought to represent a Zapotec lord, possibly an ancestor figure ...

Think ancient civilizations were primitive? The evidence suggests otherwise.From computers that tracked celestial events to ...

Yale archaeologist Piphal Heng grew up in Cambodia's Siem Reap, a city about five miles south of Angkor, the remnant of the vast former capital city ...

A 5,500-year-old skeleton from Colombia has revealed the oldest known genome of the bacterium linked to syphilis and related ...

Cheetahs vanished from Saudi Arabia half a century ago. Now long-dead mummified big cats may help herald their return.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Archaeologists from Missouri State University are confirming the existence of a previously unknown ancient civilization hidden deep within the Brazilian Amazon, using advanced ...

The animal kingdom is full of examples of species that can fully regenerate their vision, but unfortunately, humans are not among them. A new study highlights that mammals aren’t without some nifty ...

Archaeologists and students recently uncovered an 18th-century Catholic mission in Texas — a discovery that clarifies a key chapter in the early history of the Lone Star State. Excavators from Texas ...