While excavating in the Valley of the Kings, an Egyptian worker on an archaeological dig discovered a partially obscured step ...

Egypt recovered 36 ancient artifacts from the United States that had been smuggled out of the country, authorities announced ...

A clay layer one-hundredth of an inch thick preserves the fleshy details of dinosaurs buried suddenly in east-central Wyoming ...

The exhibit appeared in Houston, San Francisco, Sydney, Paris and Cologne before arriving in Japan in March. Continued demand ...

Polish researchers uncovered a 2,000-year-old mummy still carrying a fetus inside her womb, a one-of-a-kind archaeological find. Known as the “Mysterious Lady,” she dates to the first century BCE and ...

A paleontologist was trying to locate the site of a famous 1908 discovery when a rancher in Wyoming shared an important clue.

Some of the recent advances in the quest to catch a whiff of history are featured in the new book Scents of Arabia: ...

Thousands of visitors streamed through the Grand Egyptian Museum on Tuesday as almost the entire collection of King Tutankhamun's treasures -- over 4,500 artefacts -- was displayed together for the ...

In the badlands of eastern Wyoming, the Lance Formation is a trove of prehistoric fossils. And one area in particular — a region less than 10 kilometers (6 miles) across — has provided scientists with ...