Easter Island statues, traditionally known as moai on the remote island of Rapa Nui in the South Pacific, are some of the ...

Across Peru’s desert plains, AI is transforming how archaeologists find and interpret the Nazca Lines—turning faint traces ...

From desert carvings to underwater ruins, these ancient structures are so advanced that experts still can’t agree on what ...

Most comprehensive study of the temple complex and its surrounding land and water scapes identifies the earliest period of ...

A research team has uncovered an extraordinary Early Bronze Age ritual landscape at Murayghat in Jordan, offering valuable insights into how ancient communities adapted to social and environmental ...

A team of researchers believes they may have cracked one of America’s most enduring legends: Where did the settlers of the Roanoke Colony go? The Roanoke Colony, also known as the Lost Colony, was the ...

Scientists recently confirmed Rapa Nui legends about Moai heads "walking" to their locations, using 3D modeling to prove ...

Archaeologists have confirmed that Easter Island ’s iconic Moai statues were “walked” to their platforms using rope by ...

Egyptian authorities have launched an investigation after a 4,000-year-old limestone painting vanished from the Saqqara necropolis, one of Egypt's most important and archaeologically rich sites. The ...

The researchers connected an inscription on a marble pedestal to the well-preserved marble sculpture. Photos by A.B. Biernacki / Klenina et al., npj Heritage Science, 2025 More than two decades ago, ...

F or nearly 35 years, a hidden message has lurked in plain sight on a sculpture outside the cafeteria of the CIA’s ...