A 1.37-inch inscription could upend our understanding of the religion’s spread.

Sending information backward in time may be less impossible than it sounds.

Tangled in the roots of an ancient tree, the remains almost stayed lost forever—until now.

For 500 years, Bermeja anchored a $22 billion oil claim. Then, the search vessel found nothing.

More than 400 gold bars were on their way to the U.S. as payment for war materials when German ships sunk the HMS Edinburgh.

The math doesn’t add up—and new evidence suggests humans were crossing open oceans tens of thousands of years earlier than we thought

For decades, memories were thought to be permanent, but new science is reshaping how we might think about our past.

This urban legend has survived decades despite being thoroughly debunked by top military brass.

Mapping two large earthen barrows in a neolithic cemetery in France, they noticed what might be hidden granite chambers.

Someone carved a notch to lock two logs together—half a million years before Homo sapiens.

The lost city of Ubar was said to be swallowed by the desert. Its rediscovery raised more questions.

A “gray zone” form of living could help scientists answer long-held questions about regeneration, aging, and how tissues survive under tough conditions.

What else is hiding down there?

What else is hiding down there?

For 70 years, the Andrea Doria has lured divers into the frigid, murky waters of the North Atlantic with the promise of discovery—and the very real possibility of death.

15 people died after unsealing the tomb of Polish King Casimir IV Jagiellon, and the microscopic culprit is still among us.

A new deep-sea probe witnessed the silent, violent magma flows that heal our planet’s scars.

Britain’s second-largest hoard ever wasn’t lost treasure—it may have been a gift to the gods.

As if marsupials weren’t weird enough, they just got even weirder.

From 560 unique ushabti figurines to imported Roman-era pottery, the finds keep piling up.