Some of the world’s most impressive ancient burial chambers - dolmens, stand in the green fields and copses of Wales. My wife and I visited some of these prehistoric sites, and each time I felt the ...

Have you heard of the Great Orme? For those who are unfamiliar, the Great Orme is a headland that can be found on Wales's north coast. It is believed that the name comes from the Old Norse orm or ...

Israeli archaeologists have discovered hidden geometric patterns in the layout of Göbekli Tepe, an archaeological site in Turkey’s southeastern Şanlıurfa province that is home to the world's oldest ...

Turkish archaeologists have uncovered an ancient site that may likely be older than Göbekli Tepe, known as the world's oldest temple. How old is Göbekli Tepe? According to Smithsonian magazine ...

Mysterious geoglyphs, large motifs etched onto landscape, are found in isolated places throughout the world and some are thousands of years old. What is Geoglyph A geoglyph is a large design or ...

Puzzling ancient discoveries and archaeological finds  have a way of captivating the humankind, perhaps because it's just too easy to dream up interesting explanations for how and why things exist. ...

Thirteen fossil bones and teeth excavated in a cave in the Philippines represent an enigmatic previously unknown human species, probably small in stature and possessing an unexpected mix of archaic ...

Group of archaeologists in China have discovered a kind of alcoholic liquid, which they have named the "immortality potion", in a 2,000-year-old bronze jug buried in an ancient tomb during excavation ...

One of the wonders of the world and the best-known prehistoric monument in Europe, Stonehenge, consists of a ring of standing stones, each about 4 metres high, 2.1 metres wide and weighing around ...

Our planet is full of ancient sites that modern archeology still can not satisfactorily explain. These breathtaking and mysterious ancient buildings and structures defy our ability to explain who ...

Ancient Bible believed to be 1,200 years old was found in southeastern Turkey's Diyarbakır province. According to the Turkish authorities, local gendarmerie received intel that someone was looking ...

Mexican experts have found the first temple of the Flayed god, a pre-Hispanic fertility deity depicted as a skinned human corpse. What is Flayed god? The great god Xipe Totec, otherwise known as ...

From its inception, ancient Egypt was defined by its religious beliefs. Worship of all powerful deities was part of the daily life, and ancient Egyptians believed that when they died they would enjoy ...

There are few mysteriously formed stone balls known from around the globe. Where in the world did these spheres come from? Or did they even come from this world? Ancient civilizations have endowed ...

What landed here - a UFO or a meteorite? This 40 meter high geological formation was never thoroughly investigated until the 2000s but Russian scientists seem to have found an explanation. A ...