A mapping expedition in the Tlayócoc cave in Mexico led a professional cave explorer to a hidden chamber containing shocking evidence of an extinct civilization.

They fought the Egyptians, sacked Babylon, and built elaborate cities. Then the Hittites vanished. Today, new discoveries are restoring the legend of a forgotten superpower.

We're living in a period where the gap between rich and poor is dramatic, and it's continuing to widen. But inequality is nothing new. In a new study researchers compared house size distributions from ...

In a study published in the journal PNAS, researchers compared house size distributions from more than 1,000 sites around the ...

A study of 50,000 houses from the late Pleistocene to the onset of European colonialism has revealed that social inequality ...

Your city hasn’t always been where it is today — in fact, it may have been under water or roaming with prehistoric giants. A ...

They found some Khamun ground. Archaeologists have discovered a 3,400-year-old town that was possibly erected by King ...

Carved 20,000 years ago into a French cave floor, the world’s oldest 3D map may reveal not just rivers and hills — but the ...

Princess Charlotte of Wales was born to inherit one of the most powerful nations in the western world. The daughter of King ...

Remains of what may be the ancient capital city of the Kingdom of Lyncestis have been found in North Macedonia.

Since hiking in secluded canyons is remote, it requires you to be prepared. Make sure you have enough supplies (water, food, ...

You’ll find ceremonial sites left by the Narragansett and Niantic tribes, as well as relics of Colonial farmers and signs of ...