A doorway cut with great precision into the face of a rocky mountain in Peru may be one of the world's greatest mysteries.

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

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

Tikal is a 2,400-year-old Maya city in the heart of Guatemala—far flung from Mexico’s ancient city of Teotihuacan. The presence of this altar implies that the two shared a relationship that spanned ...

Ancient ruins discovered in North Macedonia could be the remains of a lost capital city of an ancient kingdom.

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 ...

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, ...

In a cave overlooking the ocean on the southern coast of South Africa, archaeologists discovered thousands of stone tools, created by ancient humans roughly 20,000 years ago. By examining tiny details ...