Tower of human skulls reveals more secrets of human sacrifice in the Aztec Empire

More than 600 human skulls of human sacrifices, including men, women, and children, have...

Ancient tools, DNA from a Tibetan cave shed unprecedented light on the enigmatic Denisovans

Anthropologists found an ancient jawbone, tools, and DNA in a Tibetan cave. They come...

A dog with powerful wolf jaws has been unearthed beside its master at a Stone Age dig in Sweden

It was buried 8,400 years ago as part of the 'grave goods' tradition where the dead are...

160 sarcophagi have been removed from an ancient Egyptian necropolis – some from cursed tombs

Saqqara, an ancient Egyptian city of the dead, has yielded countless mummies. The walls...

Archaeologists solved a Stonehenge mystery: the origin of the monument's sandstone boulders

The origin of the 25-ton boulders that make up most of Stonehenge once baffled experts. A...

Archaeologists discovered 30 ancient sarcophagi in Egypt with perfectly preserved mummies inside. Photos show the biggest coffin find in a century.

The biggest coffin discovery in a century features well-preserved colors and...

People in western China smoked dagga to bury their dead 2,500 years ago — the oldest evidence of weed smoking in human history

Archaeologists discovered 2,500-year-old pots containing trace chemicals from dagga. The...

People hadn't set foot in this ancient 'lost city' in the Honduran jungle for 500 years. Now the government is fighting to save it.

The Honduras government is fighting to save the Moskitia rainforest, home to an ancient...