High on the sheer limestone cliffs in southwest China, ancient wooden coffins remain wedged into rock faces hundreds of feet ...

Centuries of excavations have unearthed a few theories about what really brought down one of the oldest cities in the ancient ...

Seven thousand years ago, people living on the Atlantic edge of Europe built a massive wall of stone where land met water.

Archaeologists uncover early urban design in Taxila, offering new insights into how it contrasts with ancient Greek town planning.

ALMATY — Ancient geoglyphs in Kazakhstan’s Turgai Trough in northern Kazakhstan once again demonstrated their connection to solar cycles on Dec. 21, the day of the winter solstice, reinforcing ...

This unprecedented find—featuring eight individuals buried in haste—is challenging existing theories about prehistoric life.

"Let me show you what it's like on the winter solstice," the guide says as he turns off the main lights. Although it's ...

Native American tribes and ancient Mound Builders in Ohio left no written record, but we can learn about them from what they left behind. Ancient Mound Builders known as Adena, Hopewell and Fort ...

Archaeologists report that a 205-foot scorpion-shaped earthwork in Mexico appears aligned with the summer and winter solstices, according to a new study. The site sits in the Tehuacán Valley southeast ...

The prehistoric people of Central and South America are known worldwide for their fantastic architectural and cultural achievements. However, North American natives are not known as great builders.

The people of the Adena Culture were some of the first to construct burial mounds and earthworks in the Ohio River Valley. Early Adena sites date to between 1000 and 200 BC and usually consist of ...

AUSTIN, TEXAS—According to a Live Science report, James Neely of the University of Texas at Austin and his colleagues suggest that country farmers used a 205-foot-long, scorpion-shaped effigy mound in ...