The legends describe the mysterious moon-eyed people as being entirely pale-skinned, heavily bearded, and possessing uniquely shaped eyes that were extremely sensitive to sunlight. Because the bright ...

Is it a child’s toy? A weapon? Or just something that looked cool on an ancient Roman bookcase? These small hollow objects (one is pictured above), made of copper alloy with 12 flat pentagonal faces, ...

The Pisco Valley of southern Peru’s Andes Mountains features 5,200 precisely aligned ancient holes dug into the foothills. For a century, what the holes were actually used for has remained a wildly ...

For more than a century, scholars stared at the same strange marks and got almost nowhere. The signs belonged to Linear ...

Likely used for baptisms, the slab of carved marble is a relic of early Christianity.

Archaeologists in Central Europe recently uncovered an ancient grave – reopened not by modern looters, but by medieval Poles over 1,000 years ago. The excavation took place at the Nowy Chorów cemetery ...

Excavation work in the city of Regensburg led to a stunning discovery for Germany, when a planned apartment project was halted after construction crews uncovered what appears to be a rare Roman temple ...

A smooth, white stone dating from the Roman era and unearthed in the Netherlands has long baffled researchers. Now, with the help of artificial intelligence, scientists believe they have cracked the ...

From ancient stone circles to remote islands, some places continue to puzzle historians and scientists. These unsolved ...

The famed “Band of Holes” known as Monte Sierpe in the Andes of Peru have puzzled scientists for a century. New research suggests the holes were the site of an ancient marketplace. The Inca rulers may ...