The discovery of the Kentucky Gold Hoard was already incredible, but when historians saw the letter inscribed on some of the coins, they were even more shocked.
Scientists discovered the world’s deepest whale graveyard in the Indian Ocean, revealing hundreds of remains, ancient fossils, rare species, and thriving deep-sea ecosystems hidden nearly seven kilometers underwater for millennia.
Ice Age migration routes out of Africa may now lie underwater. New research reconstructs lost coastlines and reveals where archaeologists could search for humanity's submerged past.
Scientists once believed the Toba supereruption nearly wiped out humanity. Archaeology, genetics, and new climate evidence reveal a far more complicated story.
Archaeologists discovered evidence that hunter-gatherers reached Malta 8,500 years ago, crossing open Mediterranean waters long before farmers and revealing surprisingly advanced ancient seafaring networks between remote islands and coastal communities.
Archaeologists found evidence of an ancient desert settlement that engineered its own oasis—and it changes what we thought we knew about early civilization.
Scientists discovered human blood in 2,000-year-old Chinese rock art, revealing how an ingenious lime-based paint formula may have protected the vivid Huashan murals through centuries of harsh weather and monsoons.
From Egypt and Stonehenge to Rapa Nui and the Indus Valley, these discoveries have given archaeologists valuable new evidence while only deepening some of history’s greatest mysteries.
Scientists are debating whether ancient humans survived near-extinction events, from a mysterious 900,000-year-old bottleneck to the massive Toba supereruption.
A drowned Ice Age coastline off northwestern Australia may hold vital clues to how ancient humans crossed seas, settled Sahul, and spread across the continent.
