'Box seats' found at Roman Empire-era arena in Turkey By Laura Geggel An excavation at a Roman Empire-era amphitheater in Pergamon Turkey reveals that elites sat in 'box seats.'
These giant birds could eviscerate you. People were raising them 18,000 years ago. By Joanna Thompson People were raising cassowaries, the world's most dangerous bird, some 18,000 years ago, new research shows.
Byzantine warrior with gold-threaded jaw unearthed in Greece By Laura Geggel Archaeologists have found the head of a warrior decapitated by the Ottomans in the 14th century.
Secret cave chamber may be one of the last Neanderthal hideouts By Owen Jarus It was sealed off for 40,000 years.
Scientists solve the mystery of the Etruscans' origins By Ben Turner How the Etruscans came to have a non-Indo-European language without being migrants from elsewhere remains a mystery.
Amateur freedivers find gold treasure dating to the fall of the Roman Empire By Laura Geggel Amateur freedivers found a giant stash of gold coins dating to the fall of the Western Roman Empire.
Medieval Hebrew document could reveal why Dead Sea Scrolls were found in Qumran By Tom Metcalfe An ancient Hebrew document created more than 1,000 years ago and stashed away in Cairo may unlock a secret of the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Ritualistic artifacts found at 'Temple of the Pharaohs' in Egypt By Owen Jarus The artifacts were used to worship Hathor, the goddess of the sky, and other deities.
Fossilized footprints in New Mexico are earliest 'unequivocal evidence' of people in the Americas By Charles Q. Choi Fossilized human footprints found in New Mexico reveal that people dwelled in the Americas during the last ice age's peak — conclusive proof of early migration to the New World.
US to return 'priceless' 3,500-year-old Epic of Gilgamesh tablet to Iraq 30 years after it was stolen By Ben Turner Discovered in 1853, the Epic of Gilgamesh caused a sensation through its telling of an ark that survived a great flood.
The Taliban may be hunting for Afghanistan's most famous treasure By Owen Jarus With the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, the country's archaeological remains face a grim future even if the extremist Islamic group decides not to loot or intentionally destroy them.
Ceramic jars full of emeralds found in temple tied to El Dorado, a mythical city of gold By Owen Jarus Archaeologists in Colombia have found eight ceramic jars, with metallic figurines and emeralds inside, within a temple and its adjacent graves.
Treasure hunter finds gold hoard buried by Iron Age chieftain By Laura Geggel A Danish man with a metal detector found a sixth-century hoard buried by a chieftain.
Giant pyramid built by the Maya was made from rock spewed by a volcano By Mindy Weisberger Maya people who had fled their cities after a volcano erupted returned and built an enormous pyramid from the volcanic debris.
Space rock that destroyed ancient city may have inspired biblical story of Sodom By Christopher R. Moore Archaeologists have evidence of a space rock that obliterated Jericho some 3,600 years ago may have inspired the biblical story of Sodom.
Kids' fossilized handprints may be some of the world's oldest art By Nicoletta Lanese The prints, likely left by hominin children, were discovered thousands of feet above sea level.
Ancient bones reveal previously unknown Japanese ancestors By Harry Baker Researchers have revealed a previously unconfirmed third group of ancestors for modern-day Japanese populations, after analyzing ancient bones found in Japan.
Who was Herodotus? By All About History, Marc G. DeSantis Herodotus was the first true historian and has been called the "father of history," but his reliability has often been questioned.
Who were the Knights Templar? By All About History, Martyn Conterio The Knights Templar was a Christian military order created to defend the conquered Holy Land.
Mass grave of slaughtered Crusaders discovered in Lebanon By Ben Turner While there are many historical records of the Crusades, physical evidence like this is rare.
