A new archaeological discovery could settle the longstanding debate about the location of the near-mythical "lost city of Almanzor." ...

Picture an aircraft streaking across the sky at hundreds of miles per hour, unleashing millions of laser pulses into a dense tropical forest. The objective: map thousands of square miles, including ...

In ancient Asia, particularly the period spanning from 130 B.C.E. to 1453 C.E., one of the most prominent trade routes in the nation was the Silk Road. Technically, it was only called that after its ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A paleontologist cleaning a skeleton during an archaeology dig; illustrative. (photo credit: SHUTTERSTOCK) Using muon detectors, ...

In a remarkable breakthrough, archaeologists have uncovered the remains of a 5,000-year-old fortress in the forests of Neamț County, Romania. This significant discovery was made possible by the use of ...

Discovering Maya cities used to involve bushwhacking through the jungle, schlepping gear and sidestepping snakes. And over the course of his career, Professor Marcello Canuto has done plenty of that.

BOHUNICE, SLOVAKIA—The Slovak Spectator reports that a settlement dating back some 7,000 years has been mapped with lidar technology at Hrádok, a hill in central Slovakia, by researchers from the ...

OAXACA, MEXICO—According to a Newsweek report, Pedro Guillermo Ramón Celis of McGill University and his colleagues spotted the remains of more than 1,000 structures built by the Zapotec in southern ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Christopher Hernandez, Loyola University Chicago (THE CONVERSATION) Picture an ...