Astronomers believe this barred spiral galaxy could be the oldest example of its kind ever observed. Research led by Daniel ...

On August 27, 1908, the small town of Folsom, New Mexico, with a population of roughly 250 people, was hit by a catastrophic ...

The people at the center of this discovery are known as the Sambaqui. For nearly 7,000 years, these groups lived along the ...

Daniel Pierce and Chris Bodine with the Missouri State University Center for Archaeological Research believe their findings ...

What would the collapse of civilization look like? We might immediately think of cutoff utilities, disruptions in the supply ...

An amazing find in a Wisconsin lake has rewritten the timeline of advanced cultures in North America by centuries.

Archaeologists excavating at Tadım Fortress and Höyük in eastern Turkey have unearthed a remarkable stone seal dating back 7,500 years, pushing evidence of organized settlement in the Elazig region ...

Ancient Greek life consisted of celebrity scandals, lowbrow humor, and public graffiti, similar to today's world.

American writers misleadingly interpreted Egypt's past to argue that slavery was a divinely sanctioned institution ...

MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- The Milwaukee Public Museum has scheduled the first of five "Greatest Hits" exhibit celebrations Saturday, Jan. 10 as part of its final year before moving to a new building. The ...

The chance rediscovery of the ancient Chinese Sanxingdui civilization is legendary in and of itself. In 1929, an unsuspecting peasant in Sichuan province stumbled upon a cache of jade relics while ...

Officials have unveiled the tomb of an ancient warrior, buried over 1,300 years ago by a long-forgotten people. King Saint Stephen Museum, located in Székesfehérvár, Hungary, announced the discovery ...