A newly identified sponge order, Vilesida, produces sterols linked to the oldest-known animal biomarkers, supporting the idea ...

Three leaves had been missing for more than a century. Researchers found one of them when they decided on a whim to check the ...

Maritime archaeologist with the Wisconsin Historical Society Tamara Thomsen, recounts a day of scuba diving in Lake Mendota ...

The copper and leather device represents the first evidence of mechanical tools from Egypt’s pre-Pharaonic history.

Matthew Gregg was walking Charlie Brown, his German shorthaired pointer, when the dog discovered a fossil among the beach ...

Researchers in France made a chilling discovery earlier this year, finding skeletons buried in a seated position during an ...

Archaeologists uncover 59 sealed mummy coffins at Saqqara, Egypt, many believed to hold the remains of ancient priests. This ...

While exploring ancient seabeds in Morocco, scientists discovered strange wrinkle-like textures in deep-water sediments that shouldn’t have been there. These structures are usually made by ...

An Egyptian-German archaeological mission has unearthed a staggering 13,000 inscribed pottery fragments, known as ostraca, at the ancient site of Athribis in Sohag, Upper Egypt, including over 130 ...

While the discovery of a new tektite strewn field in northeastern Brazil points to a large meteorite impact, geologists have ...