New archaeological discoveries may help solve two of historic America’s most compelling mysteries: The fate of the “lost colony” and the elusive location of the first English settlement on...

How fishing for anchovies helped create the earliest monumental civilizations of the Americas.

Archaeologists excavating at the site of Huaca Prieta are finding that, more than 14,000 years ago, people were living along the northwestern coast of Peru.

Is Africa’s largest trove of early human remains shedding game-changing light on human origins, or muddying the water?

Recent 3.66-million-year-old footprint finds at the iconic hominin site of Laetoli may be changing what we know about an ancient human ancestor.

Archaeologists have revealed rich homes of ancient Jerusalem’s priestly upper crust, from a time when Caiaphas and Jesus walked the Old City’s streets.

A team of archaeologists and volunteers are now uncovering the traces of long-forgotten and nameless graves of many of George Washington’s enslaved servants.

The site of Ein Hatzeva stands out as a monumental reminder of where an ancient Judaean kingdom staked a strategic foothold.

Findings from the remarkable hominin remains found on the Island of Flores continue to pique the interest of the scientific world.

An unusual, isolated ancient Maya complex has archaeologists digging for answers.