Kristina Douglass hopes "digging into the past, literally and figuratively, will give us the tools that will help us be ...

An American archaeologist thinks he may know where the lost Ark of the Covenant is hidden, and is hoping to mount a search to ...

Famed archaeologist Dr. Zahi Hawass believes he is close to discovering the long-lost tomb of Egyptian Queen Nefertiti. Hawass, an Egyptologist and the former Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, ...

Humans have always been playful. But for much of our history, play has left little trace. Unlike tools or bones, games rarely ...

An archaeologist recently uncovered the likely remains of a long-forgotten Byzantine settlement, offering new insights into the history of Christianity in the Middle East. Musallam R. Al-Rawahneh, an ...

An archaeologist has found remains he believes belong to the famed French musketeer D’Artagnan at a church in the Netherlands, potentially solving the mystery of the hero’s final resting place more ...

A graduate student in Sweden has been learning about Vikings through an unusual method: He's done it by sailing like one. Archaeologist Greer Jarrett, a doctoral student at Lund University, has ...

The ruins of Calakmul are among the wonders of the Maya world. Dr. Pablo Mumary shares tips on getting there and what to see ...

Archaeologists and students at Sterling Hill are tracing Sussex County’s human history back roughly 12,500 years through ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A view of the excavation site inside the church in Maastricht, the Netherlands - Piroschka Van De Wouw/Reuters An archaeologist ...