A newfound underground labyrinth filled with stone temples and pyramids—some underwater—likely relates to Maya myths of a road through "hell" to the afterlife, archaeologists say.

The Maya believed the road to the afterlife ran through the underworld. Now an archaeologist says he's found the real-life version of that road in a Mexican cave.

Newfound rock art paintings in northern Australia may reveal that peoples from neighboring Indonesia traded with Aborigines centuries before the arrival of the British.

Archaeologists say they have uncovered the 12,000-year-old grave of a shaman in Israel. The "witch doctor" had been buried with a human foot, 50 turtle shells, and other artifacts.

An abundance of sabertooth fossils trapped in ancient tar pits, combined with research into modern-day African carnivores, suggest that the vicious cats lived in groups.

The 3,000-year-old text could show that a real King David did indeed rule over a vast kingdom of Israelites, one archaeologist says. But another expert warns it's too early to make conclusions.

The oldest known Hebrew inscription has reportedly been found where David and Goliath are said to have fought in Israel. If the controversial claim is true, it bolsters biblical accounts.

An 18th-century relic found under the streets of Annapolis, Maryland, is one of the earliest examples of African religious rituals in the U.S., according to archaeologists.

Early Homo sapiens began to spread around the globe amid social and tool-making advances, not climate change, as previous research had suggested, a new study says.

From Roman fig-cumin balls to medieval candied violets, a number of authentic, old-school treats can be bought or made to delight, surprise, or perhaps repulse your Halloween guests.

The oldest intact human mummy, Otzi, comes from a genetic line that has either died off or become extremely rare, according to a new DNA study.

Egyptian mummies with malaria and two skeletons from Israel that had tuberculosis are helping scientists understand how and why disease-causing organisms evolve.

A 3,000-year-old temple—featuring the image of a deity that's part spider, bird, and cat—may have been located in a capital of ancient religious worship.

Ancient copper mines in Jordan were productive when the Bible says Solomon built Jerusalem's first temple, according to a new study.

Permanent servants who lived at the royal estate were brought there from many parts of the Inca Empire, according to a new study of bodies found at the site.