A set of broken stones covered with etchings of lines and squares, discovered at a 5,000-year-old sacred site in Denmark, may be some of humankind’s earliest maps, according to archaeologists.
An unobscured view of the limestone bedrock of the tomb said to belong to Jesus Christ.Credit: ODED BALILTY / NATIONAL GEOGRAPHICNew images from a conservation project in Jerusalem reveal the original limestone bed where the body of Jesus Christ is said t
Beads made from ostrich eggs buried in the Siberian cave around 2,000 generations ago reveal amazing artistic (and drilling) skills of our long-ago ancestors.
The excavation of the Haihunhou (Marquis of Haihun) tomb in Jiangxi province has come to anend, with several new discoveries announced during a press conference on Sunday.
The Assyrians are a people who have lived in the Middle East since ancient times and today can be found all over the world.
A rare, 2,700-year-old papyrus with Hebrew script that had been looted from a cave in the Judean Desert has been seized in an elaborate operation by the Israel Antiquities Authority, archaeologists announced today (Oct. 26).
About 2,500 years ago, mourners buried a man in an elaborate grave, and covered his chest with a shroud made of 13 Cannabis plants, according to a new study.
For centuries a legend persisted that a huge bountiful treasure of gold and silver sat at the bottom of the Minjiang River, where it passed through Jiangkou Township, Meishan city in Sichuan Province.
2,400 year old Ust-Taseyevsky idol 'underwent racial realignment early in Middle Ages', losing his European looks.
Located in Austria, the archaeological site is providing rich new details about the lives and deaths of the arena combatants
A group of scientists has just claimed to have discovered two unknown voids or cavities within the Great Pyramid of Giza, the largest pyramid ever constructed in Egypt.
If you believe what has been touted by several news outlets over the past week, UNESCO seems to have given short shrift to the Temple Mount, the most holy site in Jerusalem.
New uranium series analysis of chief's tomb suggests island's monumental structures are earliest evidence of a chiefdom in the Pacific -- yielding new keys to how societies emerge and evolve.
The coastal city of Antalya has been home to old civilizations, some of whose religious legacies still stand. For Christian expats and tourists, the city's churches are fascinating for both their historical importance and cultural significance
The ancient Silk Road was not only a trade route, but also a corridor for ideas to flow. Today in Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, the major religion is Islam.
