A University of Kansas researcher has spent years studying "aquaterra"—his term for regions around the world once populated ...

Egyptian archaeologists located a lost 3,500-year-old cemetery containing mummies, statues, and a Book of the Dead papyrus scroll.

History is full of strange, unexplainable events that can leave anyone scratching their head in wonder. From lost civilizations to unsolved murders, the ...

Researchers led by Tohoku University’s Motoyuki Sato used GPR—along with a method known as electrical resistivity tomography ...

Welcome to Al-Monitor Riyadh. This week we preview an upcoming exhibition in London showcasing the work of the Saudi artist ...

The precise origins of human glassmaking are lost to history, but archaeologists generally trace the craft back more than ...

Understanding the similarities and differences of the deserts on Earth and Mars will help space travelers survive future missions to the red planet.

On that day, I learned an essential rule of fieldwork in the desert: Don’t forget a shovel. Otherwise, if your vehicle gets stuck, as ours did, you’ll have to dig it out by hand.