Study Says That EgyptÂs Pyramids May Include Early Use of Concrete
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If true, historians say, this would be the earliest known application of concrete technology.
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The findings about Peru are evidence that some farming developed in parts of the Americas nearly as early as in the Middle East, considered the birthplace of agriculture.
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New excavations near Stonehenge have uncovered what archaeologists say was probably the village of workers who erected the monoliths.
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New excavations near the mysterious circle at Stonehenge in southern England have uncovered dozens of homes where hundreds of people lived -- at roughly the same time that the giant stone slabs were being erected 4,600 years ago.
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MINA, Saudi Arabia  - Mohamed Mubarak, a Sudanese carpenter living in the Saudi city of Medina, prepared two pieces of white cloth, a prayer mat, a Koran and two oranges, his identity papers and about 600 riyals ($160).
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Researchers find evidence that dinosaurs reached sexual maturity earlier than believed.
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Archaeologists believe a settlement is linked by a road and perhaps by belief to the mysterious megalithic monument
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The world's oldest Semitic passages&#8212;spells found deep within an ancient pyramid&#8212;show that the Egyptians turned to neighboring Canaanites for help fending off venomous snakes.
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Archaeologist claim to have discovered a stone block inscribed with the earliest writing in the New World.
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Charred and brittle bits of fabric are providing new insights into the lives of prehistoric people, thanks to advances in chemical analysis of textiles.
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The fossil called Little Foot, which had tantalized scientists with its human- and apelike features, is a million years younger than had been thought, a new study says.
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Curious deposits on Mars that originally appeared to be signs of an ancient ocean were instead produced by water emerging from underground, a new study finds.
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In the growing debate about when people first appeared on this continent, a leading archaeologist said Wednesday he has discovered what could be sooty evidence of human occupation in North America tens of thousands of years earlier than is commonly believed.
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A new study suggests the ancient Egyptians put as much care into mummifying some cats, birds, and other animals as they did into preserving human corpses.
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The Shroud of Turin is much older than suggested by 1980s radiocarbon dating, a new chemical study suggests.
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Archaeologists have found an ancient quarry where King Herod's workers may have chiselled the giant stones used to rebuild the second Jewish temple in Jerusalem some 2,000 years ago.
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Egypt&#39;s antiquities chief on Thursday revealed a 2,500-year-old hidden tomb under the shadow of one of Giza&#39;s three giant pyramids, containing 400 pinkie-finger-sized statues and six coffin-sized niches carved into granite rock.