For decades, a sealed basement room sat untouched beneath an unremarkable building, its existence known to only a few and its contents to no one. When it was finally opened, investigators stepped into ...

Researchers in Athens use advanced geophysical techniques to uncover hidden tunnels and drainage systems beneath the Temple ...

Archaeologists often focus on what skeletal remains can tell about how and when ancient peoples died. But an individual’s ...

The lives and craft of ancient Egyptian artisans are the subject of a new exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum. Sketch showing a stonemason at work, holding a chisel ...

It is well-known that Pythagoras’ ancient Greek equation for right triangles: a2+ b2= c2 , is older than ancient Greece. We also know that in Khufu’s pyramid the height equals the radius of a circle ...

Cutting-edge LiDAR technology has revealed an astonishing secret concealed beneath the dense jungle canopy of Ecuador's Andean Chocó: hundreds of pre-Hispanic structures that dramatically expand our ...

MEXICO CITY – Amid the constant blare of car horns in southern Mexico City, it’s hard to imagine that Cuicuilco was once the heart of a thriving ancient civilization. Yet atop its circular pyramid, ...

Tourists raise their arms at the Great Basement in the Cuicuilco Archaeological Zone during a tour organized by the National Institute of Anthropology and History in Mexico City on Oct. 5. The ...

Was Lanka truly the golden kingdom of Ravana, or is the truth far more complex than the legends suggest? Drawing insights from the Surya Siddhanta and the interpretations of Bala Sankuratri, this ...

MEXICO CITY — Amid the constant blare of car horns in southern Mexico City, it’s hard to imagine that Cuicuilco was once the heart of a thriving ancient civilization. Yet atop its circular pyramid, ...