MYSTERIOUS carved symbols found across the world could point to a lost human civilisation dating back 40,000 years. Matthew ...

What do we know about the legendary island of Thule from ancient Greek records? Do we know where it really was?

Researchers have recently made groundbreaking progress in decoding mysterious symbols found on ancient tablets, potentially unlocking secrets of ancient civilizations. These discoveries could ...

The presence of the warm, reddish-orange mineral in the Bronze Age archaeological site of Sanxingdui has long puzzled ...

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 ...

Study uncovers mysterious origins of ancient migrants who replaced Stonehenge builders - Findings challenge previous claims that Bell Beaker people came mostly from Iberia ...

The aim of the "deceptively simple but thrilling strategy game" was to hunt and trap the opponent's pieces in as few moves as possible, scientists said.

Archaeologists are often described as "stumped" or "baffled" by their discoveries. But, in reality, specialists have a good grasp of what most historical objects were created for. But there are a few ...

Artificial intelligence has helped researchers to uncover hundreds of ancient land artworks in Peru. The mysterious pre-Hispanic figures, known as geoglyphs, are motifs etched into the ground via the ...

The curved-blade sword was first discovered during a 1994 archeological dig in Valencia Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024, and was ...