When people imagine Satan, they often picture a red-skinned figure with horns, a pitchfork, and an ominous presence designed to lead people into sin.

People have been recording local climates for centuries, chronicling hot and cold periods as well as resulting floods, famines, and fatal diseases.

It was only about a week ago that archaeologists in Egypt announced the record-setting discovery of the long-los tomb of Thutmose II, the fourth pharaoh of ancient Egypt’s 18th Dynasty, who ruled in t ...

The Vikings have a reputation as a hardy and healthy people. But a new study suggests this conception may be a myth, at least with respect to the Viking-Age inhabitants of one Scandinavian country.

The collection of severed heads was a unique funerary practice within the ancient Iberian world, notably in the Iron Age between 2,000 and 3,000 years ago.

Archaeology isn’t just about dusty ruins and ancient pottery—it’s full of bizarre discoveries that challenge what we think we know about the past.

For decades, archaeologists have suspected that human settlement in the Amazon basin was more expansive, ancient, and sophisticated than previously recorded.

Archaeologists have uncovered what is now considered the oldest known section of the Great Wall of China—one of the most iconic structures on earth—dating back nearly 300 years earlier than previously ...

Nearly a year-and-a-half ago human remains were recovered from a peat bog near the village of Bellaghy in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.