Charles Ver Straeten, curator of sedimentary rocks at the New York State Museum, made an unexpected discovery while surveying ...

The historically important reveal is said to mark the end of a search for the lost tombs of the kings of ancient Egypt’s ...

New discoveries are breaking old assumptions about Viking women, rewriting history by restoring them to their rightful place ...

Divers in Florida’s Steinhatchee River stumbled upon hundreds of pristine fossils from an obscure Ice Age period, including ...

To help bring people and jobs back, Mountain True leads quest to pull jumbles of debris from Western North Carolina’s ...

From Grammy winners to yoga teachers, the ancient art of sacred Hindu music is appealing to masses young and old across the ...

Officials from the Italian province of Trentino announced the recent discovery of a "monumental necropolis" from the Iron Age, dating back over 3,000 years.

Ancient mythology and planetary alignments draw Hindu holy men and pilgrims to the Maha Kumbh festival, but it's cutting edge technology that is entertaining the faithful this year, as well as keeping ...

The Chinese government venerates Kumarajiva not only for his contributions to Buddhism but also as a symbol of China’s ...

Hundreds of human bones have emerged from the River Thames in the last two centuries, most of them prehistoric.

What happened to Beverley's medieval waterways and why were women publicly punished at its town centre pond? The BBC's Hidden ...

Alexander the Great is said to have rejected a colossal Mount Athos project that could have been the eighth wonder of the ...