From mysterious artifacts to giant megaliths, discoveries that promise to reveal our past have completely baffled the archeologists that studied them.

Archeologists in Egypt discovered a 4,300 year-old mummy — possibly the oldest one ever found in the country — during an extraordinary dig near Cairo, officials announced Thursday.

"Sometimes we find something new that we were not looking for," the Wisconsin Historical Society said about the discovery.

ARCHEOLOGISTS HAVE CONFIRMED a ringfort overlooking Galway Bay was a settlement for rulers and nobles in Ireland’s Early Medieval period. The Rathgurreen Ringfort in the Maree area of Co Galway is now ...

Archeologists have discovered a large palace likely used by the Mayan elite more than 1,000 years ago in the ancient city of Kuluba, near the modern day tourist hot spot of Cancun in eastern ...

During excavation work at Lillemäe in the center of Tartu, nearly 80 skeletons and the belongings that were buried with them ...

Built around 4000 BC by early farming communities, the hall measured an impressive 35 metres long and 9 metres wide.

Chinese archeologists have only just started plying their trade across borders and must refine their abilities further before assuming world leader status. The success of recent projects, however, ...

Israeli archeologists have been called on to help uncover the remains of at least 10 people considered missing after the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas on settlement communities near Gaza.

Archeologists excavate the floor of Notre Dame Cathedral after the discovery of a lead sarcophagus, in Paris, on March 15, 2022. JULIEN DE ROSA/AFP via Getty Images ...

Archeologists are set to begin digging in a central Nebraska field to find the bodies of more than 80 children who were buried at a Native American boarding school.

Excavations in southern Italy have unearthed terracotta bull heads and a figurine of the Greek god Eros riding a dolphin, shining new light on the religious life and rituals of an ancient city ...