Cleopatra's palace sank long ago, but visitors to Alexandria, Egypt, may eventually walk among the palace's ruins via the world's first underwater museum.

Some 80 human remains found at two sites may shed light on the ancient Inca city's role as a regional center of trade and power, scientists say.

Ancient ceremonies at the monument in southern England were apparently movable feasts: New analysis suggests the cattle and the revelers came from far and wide.

A prehistoric whale had back legs, a tail like a dog's, and a hip-wiggling swimming style, says a study that may shed light on the origin of modern whales' wide, flat back ends.

The prehistoric predator used the sharp teeth protruding from the roof of its mouth to snag large prey, scientists say.

Some remains of an ancient Roman harbor and town off Israel's coast, partially submerged, can be viewed only by visitors wearing diving or snorkeling equipment.

Peru archaeologists have found what may have been a pre-Inca pregnant woman sacrificed for an important religious event.

Huge tracts of prehistoric rain forest ravaged by global warming have been found preserved underneath the U.S. Midwest, scientists say.

Our closest relatives also had a harder time of child bearing and possibly child raising—a possible explanation for why modern humans outcompeted Neanderthals, the study says.

The prehistoric site near Nazerat (Nazareth) is unusual in its lack of female symbolism and oddly arranged skeletons, archaeologists say.

Siberia's last woolly mammoths, which died out about 10,000 years ago, descended from North American stock, according to new research. But others question the conclusion.

A foot with intact toe pads and part of a tail are all that remain of a hundred-million-year-old gecko found in Myanmar (Burma), researchers report.

Found near Cancun, Mexico, "Eve of Naharon" may be 13,600 years old—and she's not alone. She and three other skeletons could change how we think the Americas were first populated.

More than 2,000 years older than the oldest Egyptian mummy, the world's earliest known intentionally preserved mummies are on display in Santiago, Chile.

The newfound species may have been a staple of some early humans. And its overharvesting may have helped spur humans out of Africa, a new study says.