Archaeology is meant to help us understand our past. But sometimes it throws up objects that are so unusual, so advanced or so baffling that we can’t be sure what they really are or what they were ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ancient civilizations were dropping technological bombshells long before Silicon Valley existed. Just this year, archaeologists in ...

Scientists have revealed a precocious nanotech discovery involving an ancient Roman artifact that predates the modern ...

A bargain hunter recently spotted ancient artifacts, including rings and medallions, that were up for sale for a mere $30. The customer noticed the treasures at a thrift store in Chilliwack, Canada, ...

A huge ancient stone city buried for thousands of years in northern China has just become even more mysterious.

Excavation work in the city of Regensburg led to a stunning discovery for Germany, when a planned apartment project was halted after construction crews uncovered what appears to be a rare Roman temple ...

According to ancient Greek texts, this was a land of eternal spring, inhabited by a race of giants who lived for a thousand years without disease or war. They called it Hyperborea, a realm existing ...

Archaeologists recently unearthed the remains of ancient Roman marching camps in Saxony-Anhalt — a first for one of Eastern Germany's larger states. The discovery was announced by the State Office for ...

A rock-carved “sphinx” and an obscure pyramid in Vigklafia, Laconia in southern Greece remain shrouded in mystery regarding ...

Archaeologists in Iraq recently uncovered evidence suggesting that Christians co-existed with a now-little-known religion. The discovery, announced by Goethe University Frankfurt in Germany, was made ...

A long-overlooked writing system from 5000 years ago is still largely undeciphered, but could mark the moment humans first ...