It was commonly believed that amethysts could shield one from intoxication, poison, nightmares, betrayal, deception, imprisonment, loss of sight, witchcraft, and suffocation.

In an extraordinary discovery that sheds light on medieval Slavic culture, underwater archaeologists have found a haunting ...

What is the true origin of the Oracle of Delphi, who was said to have been involved in events as far back as the Trojan War?

Jamestown Rediscovery implemented GPR Tuesdays at Historic Jamestowne, where visitors can get an up-close look at how archaeologists use ground-penetrating radar at excavation sites.

Even before George Washington became America’s first president, his experiences as a young colonel in western Pennsylvania ...

What started as a shared passion has become a lifelong excavation mission. Now, the Chases are changing our understanding of an ancient civilization.

Years later, he wrote that his life was in as “much jeopardy as it ever had been before or since.” Washington was pursuing a ...

Experts estimate that the tree from which the face (and beam) were carved the face’s tree fell in the year 967, meaning the ...

A 2,200-year-old Celtic settlement containing coins and jewelry has been discovered in the Czech Republic. A 2,200-year-old ...

A new study from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem reveals that Neanderthals living in two nearby caves in northern ...

FORT SMITH -- The Fort Smith National Historic Site will be holding a free archeological program for kids this Saturday.

Differences in cut-marks left behind by butchery can’t be explained by different resources, tools, or skill levels, ...