Clues from a digital reconstruction of a lavish ancient home are changing how researchers understand Pompeii’s elite.

Far below the surface of the Baltic Sea, archaeologists have mapped a 3,000 foot line of stones that looks less like a ...

Many of the world’s most fascinating archaeological sites are overshadowed by their more famous neighbors, leaving countless ...

I visited Stonehenge for the first time a little more than a year ago, and as I strolled around the ancient monument, I overheard an elderly American gentleman grumble to his companion that “this was ...

Imagine swimming deep within Lake Michigan, only to come up with the discovery of an ancient stone structure that predates England’s Stonehenge by 5,000 years. It would feel like the opening chapter ...

Archaeologists discovered roughly 345 standing stone circles in Saudi Arabia using aerial surveys. Experts believe the 7,000-year-old structures were once houses, complete with doorways and roofs. The ...

Archaeologists in Saudi Arabia have excavated eight ancient "standing stone circles" that they say were used as homes. About 345 of these structures were identified through aerial surveys across the ...

The mysterious alignments of standing stones scattered across Brittany in France have intrigued archaeologists and tourists alike for centuries. Now, fresh discoveries at the Le Plasker site near ...

Archaeologists in south-east Turkey have made an extraordinary find—a prehistoric stone face that might turn everything we believe about the origins of art and self-awareness on its head. In the early ...

A recent excavation has unearthed 12 human skeletons and a chamber of grave offerings near Petra’s Treasury building, a UNESCO World Heritage site. By Ali Watkins By the time Dr. Richard Bates swept ...

Something that has been hidden for 6,000 years has been uncovered. V-shaped stone walls have been revealed by satellite images: 76 daunting structures lined up on the slopes. They look like random ...

In Western Europe alone, there are 50,000 of them, with Stonehenge being the most famous. But ancient stone structures aren’t restricted to one continent–they’ve been discovered all over the globe.