While the world often historically associates the opium trade with the far east, Israeli researchers have found that the highly-potent drug played a major role in biblical times.

The discovery of old bones could finally reveal the real life story of d'Artagnan—who has long been cast in the shadow of ...

While working on a three-year research initiative known as Project Herakles, researchers from the University of Cádiz and the ...

The Toba supereruption 74,000 years ago was so massive it may have plunged Earth into years of darkness and cold, leading some scientists to believe humanity nearly went extinct. Yet archaeological ...

Having weathered nearly 1,500 years of time and exposure, the remains of Roman-Byzantine villages in Syria have been the ...

Mammoth Cave National Park is the longest known cave system in the world, and it currently has more than 420 known miles ...

Teenagers fishing in Grand Lake discovered a prehistoric human skull, which was confirmed to be real by the Grand River Dam ...

Located about five kilometers north of Prince Albert along the North Saskatchewan River, the site was first identified by researcher and avocational archaeologist Dave Rondeau. While surveying the ...

Ice Age tools dating back 146,000 years, discovered in an ancient Chinese cave, reveal surprising human adaptations to a ...

A major archaeological discovery at Sturgeon Lake First Nation in Canada is challenging long-held ideas about life in early ...

A new study uncovers the oldest confirmed human settlement in northern Sri Lanka, challenging previous assumptions about the ...

In the Odyssey, the hero Odysseus is said to have hidden a treasure on the island of Ithaca after finally returning home.