In 1785, a Spanish official named Don Diego Ruiz was looking for illegal tobacco plantations in the Papantla region of Mexico (then called New Spain), near the modern-day city of Veracruz, when he ...

Despite these warnings, Sudan guards one of Africa's greatest archaeological secrets: a millennial legacy of pyramids that surpasses even that of Egypt. While Egypt is synonymous with pyramids ...

For centuries, people have been stunned by the size, accuracy, and enigma of the Great Pyramid of Giza. Now, contemporary researchers demonstrate that this architectural phenomenon is a wonder and a ...

In the waterways connected to the Great Lakes, researchers uncover boats that tell the story of millennia of Indigenous history Jacqueline Kehoe Maritime archaeologist Tamara Thomsen discovered ...

The year’s most exciting discoveries included musket balls fired in the early days of the American Revolution, a lost composition by Mozart and a medieval chess piece Fascinating finds unveiled ...