From unexplained explosions and abandoned settlements to missing tombs and lost technologies, these cases sit at the boundary ...

Researchers studied fossils, well-preserved remains and even a single fingerprint to solve some of history’s long-standing mysteries this year.

Archaeology has helped us understand how ancient civilisations lived, built, worshipped, and travelled. Yet, even with modern tools, satellite imaging, radiocarbon dating, LIDAR scanning, and DNA ...

The history of the planet and the civilizations that have lived on it are among life’s greatest mysteries. People have roamed the Earth for thousands of years, and some of the most incredible relics ...

For modern-day visitors to the archaeological park of Pompeii, the sight of long lines can be a source of annoyance. But to its aristocratic residents 2,000-years-ago, the presence of people waiting ...

In the last session, we looked at the basics of what archaeology is and how excavation is done. But why even bother doing archaeology? All that research and excavation is difficult, time consuming, ...