Archaeology
Scientists in Tibet have discovered the fossil of what may be the oldest big cat on record, and there could be more out there.
Microbes fossils over 3.5 billion years old have been discovered among the rocks in Australia.
Archaeologist Believes He Has Discovered King David's Palace
It may not be the year 2012 anymore, but the Mayans keep giving humanity fascinating pieces of their ancient culture to wonder over. Deep in the jungle of the southeastern state of Campeche, Mexico, archaeologists have discovered an ancient, huge, lost Mayan city called Chactún.
Everyday life in the lost ancient Egyptian city of Thonis-Heracleion is becoming increasingly clear as researchers piece together findings that were discovered during a ten-year investigation.
Google Doogle and world celebrated the life and legacy of Mary Leaky on what would have been her 100th birthday on February 6. Leaky was a leading paleoanthropologist from Great Britain renowned for her groundbreaking discoveries in Africa that transformed the study of human evolution.
A skeleton discovered underneath a church parking lot has been confirmed as belonging to Richard III, the last English king to die in battle.
On Wednesday, the Israeli Antiquities Authority announced that a 2,750-year-old temple was discovered alongside some ritual artifacts about 3 miles west of Jerusalem.
A new study provides evidence that attaching stone tips to spears might have come from an earlier ancestor than scientists had believed.
Bulgarian archaeologist Vasil Nikolov and his team have discovered "the oldest urban settlement found to date in Europe."
A textile discovered wrapped around an ancient urn in Denmark, previously thought to be cultivated flax, was recently re-examined by scientists and verified as imported wild nettles.
Archaeologists in Peru have unearthed the mummy of 'La Dama de Cao,' the first-known female ruler of the Mochi Civilization.
