Old oracle bones are telling a new story. By combining these 3,000-year-old inscriptions with modern climate models, ...

An algorithm that finds lost civilizations is helping archaeologists use AI to predict where ancient sites may still be hidden.

The ancient world was replete with a myriad of fascinating civilizations, many of which are no longer remembered.

History has a strange habit of forgetting its own brilliance. Civilizations rose, fell, and took entire libraries of ...

Two archaeologists explore the enduring myth that extraterrestrials contributed to the various ancient cultures around the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image Credit: Shutterstock. History is full of stories with clear beginnings, middles, and ends. Empires rise, they conquer, and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When we look back at ancient history, we often default to picturing primitive societies with crude tools, simple living, and slow ...

The Indus script has been called, with irony, the most deciphered script in the world. The first claim to a decipherment, based on the Sumerian language, was published as early as 1925. More than a ...

In the Nevada desert, an odd triangle shape has sparked speculation that it might be the creation of a long-lost ancient society. The building, which can be seen on Google Earth, is situated in Battle ...

Successive major droughts, each lasting longer than 85 years, were likely a key factor in the eventual fall of the Indus Valley Civilization, according to a paper published in Communications Earth & ...

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 ...