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 ...

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

Gold miners are finding fossils and mummified animals from the Ice Age. Now paleontologists have an ancient wolf pup, a baby ...

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

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

Newly released images of Mars reveal a "smiley" salt deposit on the Red Planet's surface. A related study suggests that ...

Founded in the 4th century, Sümela is a gravity-defying marvel, hanging nearly 1,000 feet over a wooded valley in Turkey, ...

The temple, which measures around 450 feet in length and roughly 250 feet wide is perhaps the best-preserved in Egypt.

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 ...

Ancient Egyptian temples were commonly gilded in gold. But due to the material’s fragile nature, it is seldom found inside temples today. Traces of gold discovered inside the temple. Photo from ...