Archaeology, the study of human history through the excavation of sites and the analysis of artifacts, often unearths enigmatic discoveries that challenge our understanding of the past. These ...

Modern technology, new excavations and curious amateurs have helped unearth some of the world's greatest treasures in the last 50 years – from secret Maya pyramids and fascinating fossils to ...

Every year we’re fortunate to glean new insights about the history of the world’s people through archaeologists. These experts dig up new finds—and thus, new findings—which shakeup what is known about ...

A medieval castle was fitted with a “hidey-hole” from a worker there centuries ago, and is among discoveries made by archaeologists in 2024. Screengrab from Wessex Archaeology's Facebook video The ...

Mysterious staircases and historical debates are part of this week’s archaeology round-up. Photo from the University of Udine The summaries below were drafted with the help of AI tools and edited by ...

From a Mediterranean shipwreck to a mosaic on display in Washington, DC, these are the discoveries that made scholars of the biblical world say “wow” this year. The continued fighting in Israel ...

It’s not just a display of the scrolls, which of course in and of themselves would be powerful,” but other “wow objects” ...

The summaries below were drafted with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists in our News division. All linked stories were reported, written and edited by McClatchy journalists. Throughout ...