Beyond the buildings, archaeologists also recovered fragments from handled cups called terrines and other pottery with recognizable rim decorations. Combined with additional radiocarbon dating, ...

A discovery has been made under the paving stones of Canterbury city-center square in southern England, of a previously unknown vault. A brick-lined chamber, an “empty void” beneath St Mary Bredman ...

The same report describes multiple underground “spaces” and linked tunnels in the western garden and northern (Vezir) garden areas. This isn’t the first time Hagia Sophia’s subterranean story has ...

Archaeologists have found a prehistoric human skeleton deep inside a flooded cave system on Mexico’s Caribbean coast.

The first historically recorded pandemic is believed to have struck the walled city of Jirash, in what is now modern-day ...

A UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Appian Way is a roughly 350-mile-long road that runs from Rome to Brindisi. With some parts ...

As the son of archaeologists, National Geographic Explorer David Stuart spent his childhood wandering ancient Maya ruins—and helped shape what we know about the civilization today.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hannibal's invasion of Europe has acquired almost mythical status [Getty Images] An elephant foot bone found by archaeologists ...

More than a century after its discovery, Scandinavia’s oldest plank boat is finally giving up new secrets. By analyzing ancient caulking and cords from the Hjortspring boat, researchers uncovered ...

Researchers recently unveiled proof that Romans used a surprising ingredient in their medical treatments — and it's far from sanitary. The research focuses on a vessel that was unearthed in Pergamon, ...

It was the summer of 2020, and researcher Walter Crist was wandering around the exhibits inside a Dutch museum dedicated to the presence of the ancient Roman empire in the Netherlands. As a scientist ...