Ek’ Balam is one of the most impressive Mayan archeological zones, thanks to its incredible preservation. A new discovery ...

When rolled on a moist clay tablet, these engravings left low-relief markings, signifying that the object's owner authorized ...

An archaeologist has told the Daily Mail about extraordinary new evidence of an advanced civilization that once called the ...

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

Ancient Greeks encoded the secrets of their civilization in ways hidden in plain sight, shaping a legacy that endures through ...

Secret files: a musical melodrama”, a play by Indika Ferdinando, was staged at Elphinstone Theater on October 4th) With a ...

Analysis of a massive wooden monument has uncovered new secrets of Cahokia, America’s greatest lost civilization.

Keros: A sacred island with enigmatic rituals, an unusual funeral, a carnelian bead from the Indus Valley, weapons production, and a sudden abandonment that preserved it all ...

A reanalysis of a 3,000-year-old metallurgical workshop in Georgia has revealed how ancient copper smelters may have accidentally discovered the secret to iron production, fundamentally changing our ...

The Passage of Commodus was used by Roman emperors. Simona Murrone / Colosseum Archaeological Park A secret tunnel in the Colosseum once used by Roman emperors has opened to the public for the first ...

In 1950, famed astrophysicist Enrico Fermi posed a profound question during a casual lunch with colleagues: Where is everybody? In other words, if there’s an extremely high probability that advanced ...

Installation view of "Divine Egypt," now open at the Metropolitan Museum of Art through January 2026 Anna-Marie Kellen / Courtesy of the Met This fall, the Metropolitan Museum of Art is taking ...