Archaeology

It seems that researchers have found new traces that prove the existence of King Arthur as experts believe they have stumbled upon the King's long-lost 'mythical' castle. The mysterious origins of a British archaeological site commonly associated with the legend of King Arthur, have just gotten even more mysterious. British researchers...

Petroglyphs found in Georgia show a possible connection between some of the earliest archaeological sites in the United States and Bronze Age Europe. Symbols found etched into stone are remarkably similar. At one ancient site in Savannah, Georgia, some also point to possible connections with the Mesoamericans. Nevertheless, today, those...

When we think of woolly mammoths, we think of creatures that walked the Earth tens of thousands of years ago before the entire species became extinct due to the warming of the planet. But a new study shows that not all of them perished this early, and scientists are narrowing...

For many years, explorers made it their mission to discover new places and people and tell the stories of what they saw. Through their stories and anecdotes, we can only hope to see a clearer picture of what they saw through their eyes and the paths they walked start to...

Another fascinating discovery has been made by scientists in the Great Pyramid of Giza. More evidence has been found that the Great Pyramid of Giza, one of the most astonishing ancient structures on the surface—though to be a tomb—was not a resting place for a pharaoh. A team of German and...

King Pakal has been referred to as "the astronaut of Palenque", mostly because of the engraving that has been found on the slab of his sarcophagus, which many authors claim is the representation of a man inside of a spaceship. The mask unearthed in Palenque is believed to be the first...

This cave is probably beyond anything you've ever come across! It's mesmerizing, it's mysterious, it's beautiful and magical. Discovered—or better said rediscovered—in 1990 by a man traveling through the jungles of the Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, Ho Khanh was searching the area for timber and food in order to...

There is always an ongoing dispute about how old the ancient pyramids really are. Mainstream archaeologists tend to follow an agreed-upon timeline, while others continuously question the dates. Could the Egyptian pyramids really date back hundreds of thousands of years, as some suggest? One thing is clear: The debate may...

Researchers have discovered an ancient tomb that has remained untouched for more than 3,500 years in Crete, uncovering the grave of a Minoan man who died around 1,400 BC, when the Island was ruled by a civilization featured in the Minotaur. In Brief: Archaeologists and archaeology students were called to...

Angkor, the ancient metropolis hidden deep inside the Cambodian Jungle is a city unlike any other. Covered in thousands of ancient temples, researchers have found that Angkor was the largest pre-industrial city in the world, with an elaborate infrastructure system connecting an urban sprawl of at least 1,000 square...