A B.C. archaeologist is digging through the garbage of a gold rush restaurant to unearth the history of the several thousand Chinese miners who used to dine there, 150 years ago.

The 3000-year-old site of Aguada Fénix is the oldest and largest Mayan monument to be discovered and dates from a time before the society had a powerful ruling class

Scientists using an aerial remote-sensing method have discovered the largest and oldest-known structure built by the ancient Maya civilization - a colossal rectangular elevated platform built between 1,000 and 800 BC in Mexico's Tabasco state.

Spanish archaeologists may have uncovered the final resting place of an Irish nobleman whose bloody 16th-century rebellion almost toppled Ireland's English rulers.

Despite cultural upheavals, highlands residents persisted

The London institution's online offerings include 280,000 newly added Creative Commons images

Born and raised in West Africa, the men survived violence and chronic disease in the Americas

Sometimes you need to slow down, and for that, we have brakes. Sometimes you need to slow down right the fuck now, and for that, we have impact attenuators.

Archaeologists recovered the remnants of an ancient "Book of Two Ways" from a sarcophagus

Scientists have discovered what may be the oldest written records of auroras to date. They were hidden in ancient cuneiform tablets from the Middle East.

Formidable women across centuries and continents have wielded influence through their impassioned support of art and culture.

Life at high elevations is tough, as the lower air pressure makes it hard for the body to get enough oxygen into the bloodstream. The weather is often cold but can shift without warning. And if you want to stay very long, you have to find food in an environment where plants and animals are relatively scarce. But around 47,000 years ago, people apparently lived (at least for a while) in a rock shelter 3,469 meters (11,400 feet) above sea level in Ethiopia’s Bale Mountains.

Archaeologists in Sweden have made a "sensational" discovery of a rare Viking burial boat site north of Stockholm. The grave includes human and animal remains along with items such as combs and shields.

DURAND, Wis. - All Ron Berger wanted was to install a door between two buildings.

If a recent poll conducted by the US market research company CivicScience is to be taken at face value, roughly one out of every two Americans doesn't think Arabic numerals should be taught as part of the curriculum in US schools.

A €2,000 prize is offered for whoever can decipher a weird rock inscription in western France.

Historians have long debated Lee’s place in American history, and that battle continues today.

Angela’s arrival in Jamestown in 1619 marked the beginning of a subjugation that left millions in chains

Between the years 1095 and 1291 A.D., Christian invaders fought a series of religious wars against Muslim armies in the Near East—primarily to secure control of important holy sites—in what we refer to today as the Crusades. Now, a DNA study published in the American Journal of Human Genetics has cast new light on this tumultuous era and the interactions that the Crusaders—who numbered in the hundreds of thousands—had with local populations.

One of the first things I did when I moved to Austin a decade ago was visit the Gutenberg Bible housed in the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas. As a bibliophile, the importance of that book was not lost on me. However, the impact of Johannes Gutenberg's surviving bibles as cultural treasures and book collectors' dreams was something I ignored. That is no longer the case. Margaret Leslie Davis' The Lost Gutenberg, which traces one Bible's 500-year journey, is an informative, superbly researched book that explores the lives of those who were in contact with the best example of Gutenberg's work.