ARCHAEOLOGY

Sometimes deliberately, often unintentionally, countless artifacts have been buried—and then rediscovered—under parking lots.

The bronze sculpture has lorded over Venice for centuries, but its origins have remained a mystery. Science may have finally figured it out.

Archaeologists have studied some of the world’s most important historic sites with the help of climate change—but those changes also threaten their survival.

From the mysterious human-made structures at Bolivia’s Tiwanaku Archaeological Site to the prehistoric megaliths at Carnac in France, these rock formations inspire awe and curiosity.

Forget Atlantis (which probably doesn’t exist)—we’re taking a trip to 10 real cities that ended up underwater.

‘The Goonies’ turns 40 this year—and to make the film, director Steven Spielberg may have drawn inspiration from a real-life shipwreck that occurred off Oregon’s coast. It’s known as the Beeswax Wreck.

A sunken ship near Florida holds clues to the early history of cats in the U.S.

The ceramic pot was left in a garden for years. It was a genuine work of art hiding in plain sight.

Some of the world’s oldest roadways are only memories now—but many have been preserved as historic monuments or improved to handle today’s traffic.

The Herculaneum resident, killed by the volcanic eruption in 79 CE, presents the only known vitrified brain on Earth. Now, researchers have a theory for how it happened.

Chaco Canyon was once the vibrant religious center of a Native American culture whose collapse long remained a mystery—until pack rat middens revealed an important clue. 

Without a Rosetta Stone for these centuries-old writing systems, the meaning of the texts may never be known.