These ancient structures still stand - but the people who built them remain a mystery that history can’t fully explain.

Spanish archaeologists recently announced the discovery of an ancient stone with perplexing symbols carved onto it. The symbols, experts believe, are actually an ancient alphabet. If their ...

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Archaeologists working near Yulin in Shaanxi Province have recorded 573 ancient stone-walled fortress settlements. The Yulin ...

Archaeologists rarely expect clarity when surveying the ocean floor, since water tends to erase context rather than preserve ...

Archaeologists in Greece have hit the jackpot with the unearthing of a magnificent ancient structure, complete with marble ...

A wind whips up dust on the desolate landscape of Harrat Uwayrid, the volcanic plateau that rises above the sandstone valleys of AlUla in Saudi Arabia. Across the flat plain, shades of gray-brown soil ...