archaeology
Archaeologists Discovered the Ancient Temple of a Serpent Cult In Mexico
A recently excavated circular two-floor structure was a site of worship for the ancient cult of Kukulcán.
Declassified Spy Images Just Upended What We Know About the Roman Empire
Archaeologists discovered "massive" ancient Roman forts that redraw the boundary of the ancient empire using formerly Top Secret footage.
Extreme Drought Is Revealing Ancient Carvings of Human Faces In the Amazon
“We think they are beautiful. But at the same time, it is worrying,” said one local.
A 21-Year-Old Just Solved a 2000-Year-Old Mystery In 'World-Historical' Breakthrough
21-year-old Luke Farritor became the first person in millennia to read the text on an ancient scroll using machine learning.
Thousands of Ancient Structures Are Still Hidden Deep In the Amazon, Study Says
More than 90 percent of pre-Columbian earthworks in the Amazon remain undiscovered, researchers estimate.
Archaeologists Discovered a Lost Ancient Temple of Legend In Mexico
For generations, legends have circulated in the Mexican city of Atlixco about a long-lost temple. Now, it's been found.
A New Discovery Just Upended What We Know About Stonehenge's Mysterious Origin
A 100-year-old explanation for the origin of Stonehenge's Altar Stone was just debunked by a new study.
Archaeologists Discover Lost Ancient Language on Mysterious Ritual Tablet
An unknown Indo-European language was discovered on a tablet with cultic ritual links in the long-lost capital of the Hittite Empire in Turkey.
Archaeologists Have Unearthed the Remains of a Lost Ancient Roman City
The mysterious city, which has not been identified, is the oldest discovered in Spain's Iberian Peninsula.
Archaeologists Found an Ancient 'Entrance to the Underworld' Under a Church In Mexico
Catholic historian Francisco de Burgoa wrote of an ancient underground temple that was closed up by Spanish colonizers. Now, it's been found.
Archaeologists Discover Ancient 'Portal to the Underworld' In Cave Containing Skulls, Weapons
A cave in Israel "has all the cultic and physical elements necessary to serve as a possible portal to the underworld" and was used for necromancy.
Archaeologists Keep Unearthing Mysterious 'Giant' Prehistoric Hand Tools
"There's no evidence that people at this time had much bigger hands... which makes it hard to imagine how the tool could have been easily handled."