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'A king will die': 4,000-year-old lunar eclipse omen tablets finally decipheredTablets added to the British Museum's collection many decades ago have finally been deciphered.
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Remains of hundreds of 7,000-year-old 'standing stone circles' discovered in Saudi ArabiaArchaeologists in Saudi Arabia have now excavated eight ancient stone circles that likely served as homes to people more than 7,000 years ago.
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Paleo-Arabic inscription on rock was made by Prophet Muhammad's companion before he converted, study findsThe writing is only the second confirmed inscription whose attribution connects to Muhammad.
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Long-lost Assyrian military camp devastated by 'the angel of the Lord' finally found, scientist claimsHas a scholar located two Assyrian military camps mentioned in the Hebrew bible?
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Gilgamesh flood tablet: A 2,600-year-old text that's eerily similar to the story of Noah's ArkThe baked clay tablet tells the tale of an epic flood.
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Fairy Chimneys: The stone spires in Turkey that form 'the world's most unusual high-rise neighborhood'Turkey's magical "fairy chimneys" in Cappadocia were carved out of an ancient volcanic landscape over millions of years before humans turned them into hiding dens.
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Neanderthal woman's face brought to life in stunning reconstructionWith her long, brown hair and determined gaze, the new facial reconstruction lets us peek into the world of an archaic human who lived tens of thousands of years ago.
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Humans were living in a lava tube 7,000 years ago on the Arabian PeninsulaAn analysis of a lava tube in Saudi Arabia reveals that humans have lived there for at least 7,000 years.
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4,000-year-old wall found around oasis in Saudi Arabia likely defended 'against raids from nomads'Ancient people in what is now Saudi Arabia built a 9-mile-long wall along the Khaybar Oasis, which still exists today.
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