Qanats can date back 3,000 years, but can be really tricky to find, especially in politically volatile countries.

In ancient Egypt, paint was sourced from minerals, such as ocre, that were then ground into a powder, according to research ...

Experts are carefully uncovering traces of the original paint and fragments of gold leaf that once adorned the 2,000-year-old ...

With the help of artificial intelligence (AI), spy satellite images from the Cold War are revealing the engineering mastery ...

On Madagascar, rock-cut structures at the remote inland site have been dated to around 1,000 years ago, a study said.

During construction, millions of fossils were found at a California high school, including megalodon teeth, extinct dolphins, ...

The ruins of a Roman city were recently unearthed in the French countryside, shedding light on the region’s ancient, imperial ...

The AI was trained on satellite pictures of qanats known to archaeologists, like those in Morocco, Afghanistan, and Iran.

Within the depths of an ancient Chehrābād salt mine in Iran, multiple miners met a grisly end thousands of years ago. Over ...

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — A rare Bronze-Era jar accidentally smashed by a 4-year-old visiting a museum was back on display ...

The baobab tree is known as the “tree of life” and its fruit is feeding a growing global market for natural food and beauty ...

This walk in west Dorset takes in an ancient sunken road and offers a glimpse of an unspoiled old-world village. Click into the photo gallery above to see a map of the route full-sized.  The medieval ...