The megalithic site of Gunung Padang in the highlands of western Java was constructed some 2,000 years ago over the course of several generations. Similar stone monuments are found across the ...

Paisley Caves is widely regarded as the oldest confirmed archaeological site in the western hemisphere at 14,500 years old. The caves are located in a volcanic formation called Five Mile Point in ...

KAMPALA, UGANDA—According to an Associated Press report, the University of Cambridge handed over 39 artifacts to Uganda, although the items will remain the property of the Museum of Archaeology ...

A catacomb filled with niches for burying the dead was discovered in 1919 beneath Villa Torlonia, a lavish estate on the outskirts of Rome. Unlike other catacombs in the city, this one was used by ...

A 14-meter traditional boat, or tepari, of the Purépecha people, buried in the mud, Lake Pátzcuro, Mexico ...

MACKINAW CITY, MICHIGAN—Up North Live ABC reports that an eighteenth-century brass trade ring has been unearthed at Colonial Michilimackinac, a reconstruction of a fort and trading village built ...

Some 3,500 years ago, prosperous merchants on Cyprus controlled the world’s most valuable commodity ...

KENILWORTH, ENGLAND—Live Science reports that eight stone catapult shots were found outside the walls of Kenilworth Castle, which is located in England’s West Midlands. The largest sphere weighs 231 ...

Nestled between two lakes on the remote Orkney archipelago in Scotland, the site known as the Ness of Brodgar contains a succession of Neolithic stone buildings spanning 1,000 years—and was ...

Pyx fragments arranged in the round to approximate the appearance of the original INNSBRUCK, AUSTRIA—According to a Newsweek ...

Some 3,500 years ago, prosperous merchants on Cyprus controlled the world’s most valuable commodity ...

The wall of the tomb at the royal palaces complex built by King Ghezo of Dahomey, Abomey, Benin ...