While preparing for school renovations, researchers in Texas found remnants of the historic San Pedro acequia, a ...

The remarkable discoveries include the best-preserved early image of Jesus discovered near the Turkish city of Iznik ...

Construction crews working on a highway in Italy unexpectedly uncovered the remains of an ancient sanctuary — sparking an ...

This roundup highlights five discoveries from 2021 that stood out for their historical significance. The list includes the new Dead Sea Scroll fragments from the Cave of Horror, the first known ...

Archaeologists in Egypt found a rare fragment of Homer's "Iliad" atop a Roman-era mummy, the first literary text ever found ...

A medieval notebook found in a German latrine could reveal details of everyday life and commerce more than 700 years ago.

In 2010, DNA analysis of a finger bone around 40,000 years old revealed that it came from a previously unknown group of ancient humans, dubbed the Denisovans after the cave in Siberia where the bone ...