In school, history often comes packaged in tidy chapters and predictable timelines, but let’s be honest, real history is anything but neat. It’s messy, dramatic, filled with surprises, and often way ...

The "once in a lifetime" discovery could rewrite history, researchers say.

When it comes to ancient Egypt, archaeologists never know what they might find – and visitors are bound to be dazzled by the displays in the recently opened Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo. In recent ...

The exciting discovery came after 18 ancient tombs were uncovered ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new archaeological study reveals that Turkey’s Ayvalık region once formed a land bridge between Asia and Europe. (CREDIT: ...

Archaeologists have found an ancient Greek racecourse in Apollonia, Libya, along with a new theater and sacred complexes by ...

Archaeologists recently uncovered an ancient wine production center near a castle in Turkey — and it’s believed to date back some 1,600 years. The excavation was reported by Anadolu Agency (AA), a ...

An Ancient Greek mathematician, Hippasus, allegedly lost his life after revealing irrational numbers that challenged ...

This is an extract from Our Human Story, our newsletter about the revolution in archaeology. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every month. If I tried to recap all the new fossils, new methods and ...

Archaeologists in southwestern Spain have uncovered eight ancient sandals once worn by miners during the Iron Age and the ...

New historical research suggests that one of the most legendary cities in history did not start out as a conquering warrior state — poking a hole in its founding myth. The study, which centered around ...

Along Turkey's northwestern shoreline, where the Aegean Sea meets the olive-covered ridges of Anatolia, lies a quiet district called Ayvalık. Now it's famous for its sun-kissed islands and seafront ...