Across caves, jungles, and deserts, archaeologists are piecing together traces of societies that slipped from written history yet left unmistakable fingerprints in stone, bone, and buried ritual.

Throughout history, there have been numerous cities that have been washed away due to natural disasters or changing landscapes. And although these cities do not exist it anymore, they've nonetheless ...

Sum of the Arts is a periodic tabulation of numbers floating around the art world and beyond. In a special edition inspired by the recent discovery of a Mycenaean palace in Greece, we’re exploring the ...

One of history's biggest questions is: "How does an entire civilization disappear?" One can comprehend how an object or even a city is lost, buried, or destroyed, but an entire group or nation of ...

Researchers have uncovered extensive pre-Hispanic settlements hidden beneath the waters and vegetation of Bolivia's Great Tectonic Lakes. Using advanced LiDAR technology and collaborative fieldwork ...

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TL;DR: AI and radar technology are revolutionizing archaeology, uncovering 5,000-year-old settlements in Dubai and medieval sites in Mongolia without excavation, reshaping how we discover lost ...

The chance rediscovery of the ancient Chinese Sanxingdui civilization is legendary in and of itself. In 1929, an unsuspecting ...

In search of some of the world’s greatest archaeological wonders, historian and host Dan Snow uncovers the stories behind the most spectacular finds in history, revealing adventure, intense rivalry ...

History is rather dull and unexciting to most people, which naturally invites exciting flights of fancy that can range from the innocent to outright conspiracies. Nobody truly believes that the ...