For decades, a sealed basement room sat untouched beneath an unremarkable building, its existence known to only a few and its contents to no one. When it was finally opened, investigators stepped into ...

Ancient coins are more than collectibles they are priceless fragments of lost civilizations. But behind the excitement lies a ...

Artificial intelligence has catapulted the world into the future with platforms that can simulate how humans talk and even process information — but the tech can also help solve history’s great ...

Beneath Paris’ grand boulevard lies a hidden history filled with buried secrets, ancient passageways, and forgotten worlds. For adventurous travelers and history enthusiasts alike, these underground ...

A little over 2,000 years ago, in what is now western Turkey, a robber-king called Cleon renamed the city where he was born Juliopolis, in honor of his new friend, Gaius Julius Caesar (who was born as ...

One of three clay cuneiform tablets discovered at the Middle Bronze Age site of Kurd Qaburstan in northeast Iraq. It was found in a debris-filled corridor in the lower town palace. Early ...

Lasers have revealed a complex network of pre-Hispanic structures and roadways hidden beneath the canopy of the Amazon. At 2,500 years old, it's the earliest (and largest) example of an agricultural ...

Archaeological research in Brauron seeks to uncover rural history of ancient Greece, building a picture of people’s lives during that time.