Amber deposits found in ancient deep-sea sediment may represent one of the oldest records to date of a tsunami, suggests research published in Scientific Reports.The study describes large amber ...

An earthquake in Croatia led to a chain of events that helped archaeologists recently discover an ancient Roman theater, officials say. Croatia’s Ministry of Culture and Media announced the find ...

Here’s how it works. Apple explained that “place cards will now reflect distinctions, descriptions, and images from expert sources” in Apple Maps. The new ratings are available to Apple Maps ...

Gilded coffin lids from the Pharaonic era, gold funerary masks and what's believed to be fragments of Queen Hatshepsut's ancient temple were among the 25 items accepted in Cairo on Monday.

The ancient language has seen a resurgence in recent years as more Filipinos connect to their roots. In 1999, Filipinos in San Francisco found a more permanent way to keep the Baybayin language ...

The remains—missed by archaeologists for more than a century—were found in an earth-filled pit in the throne room of the North Palace of King Ashurbanipal (668-627 BCE) in the ancient city of ...

He's the author of "Ancient America: Fifty Archaeological Sites to See for Yourself." Some sites, like White Sands and Cooper's Ferry, have skeptics about the accuracy of their age. Still ...

A vandal has sparked outrage after being filmed spray painting a penis onto a wall at an ancient Peruvian UNESCO site. In footage, the man was seen spraying the crude graffiti on one of the ...

Paul Wilcox explores caves in a temperate rainforest area on Prince of Wales Island in southeast Alaska for their paleoclimatic significance. Paul Wilcox, a geologist at the University of ...

Ancient Greek Sanctuary of Hecate in Lagina, Turkey. Credit: Carole Raddato / CC BY-SA 2.0 Archaeologists working at the ancient Greek city of Lagina (Greek: Λάγινα), in the historical region of Caria ...