The find could fuel a theory that the ancient hero Odysseus hailed from the island Lefkáda, not nearby Itháki. It's too soon to speculate, says one excavator.
A tiny, 55-million-year-old primate raises the controversial possibility that primates arrived in North America thousands of years before they reached Europe, a new study says.
A satellite program designed to improve environmental policies in Central America has found evidence of ancient, self-induced climate change—offering lessons on how to combat today's warming.
The natural colorant, famed for its resistance to aging and chemicals, played a central role in Mayan religious and sacrificial rituals, a new study suggests.
Burial remains from a burned necropolis could offer a window into ancient Egypt's elusive First Intermediate Period, a chaotic era of violence and power struggles, experts say.
Mysterious stone structures recently suggested to be the ancient "lost city" of Paititi were actually shaped by natural forces, not Inca workers, experts say.
Potentially new bird species that lived alongside the dinosaurs 65 million years ago are among a trove of fossils unearthed on the Chatham Islands, researchers announced.
At least ten pyramids have been discovered on the Peruvian coast, marking what could be the vast ceremonial site of an ancient, little-known culture experts say.