Archaeologists debated the age and purpose of the ruins for years — but not anymore. Take a look at their recent finds.

While carrying out excavations at Tikal National Park in Guatemala — what was once the center of the Maya civilization — ...

In the jungles of northern Guatemala, archaeologists brushed away centuries of soil to uncover a small altar that shouldn’t ...

The ancient school complex had a gymnasium with a large swimming pool and 650-foot tracks, archaeologists said.

Archaeologists have revealed their plan to dig up the site where they believe Noah's Ark is located after conducting numerous soil samples at the ...

Tikal is a 2,400-year-old Maya city in the heart of Guatemala—far flung from Mexico’s ancient city of Teotihuacan. The ...

A newly discovered settlement in the north-western Nile delta was built by the Egyptian New Kingdom perhaps 3500 years ago ...

The altar stands in the courtyard of what was once a wealthy, influential person’s home in Tikal. At just over 1 meter tall, ...

A team of archeologists in South Africa had to climb to new heights to find an important set of tools made by humans about 20 ...

In a cave overlooking the ocean on the southern coast of South Africa, archaeologists discovered thousands of stone tools, ...

The artifacts discovered in a cave—which include dart tips, a boomerang and a spear-throwing tool—were dated to as far back ...

Archaeologists rediscover Ichijodani, a formidable stronghold that flourished amid medieval Japan’s brutal power struggles ...