The long-rumored town of Rhakotis, Egypt, did exist centuries before Alexander the Great arrived in Alexandria, according to the first evidence taken from underwater samples.

The 3,000-year-old fort includes the graves of soldiers and horses and once featured a giant water-filled moat, archaeologists say.

See a roundup of the week's news and events: England experiences worst flood in 60 years, Thirty Years' War skeletons unearthed, and more.

The recently unearthed remains of the prehistoric mammal include a pair of massive tusks, the longest of which stretches 16.4 feet (5 meters) long.

Booming construction is revealing droves of exquisitely—but accidentally—preserved mummies in South Korea.

DNA from a mastodon tooth has revealed surprising insights into the history of elephants—including similarities to human evolution.

Birdlike dinosaurs began mating and rearing young before they reached full maturity, a trait more associated with the modern-day crocodile than birds.

A rich trove of fossils recently found in New Mexico suggests that dinosaurs took a slow path to domination over life on land.

Scours and streamlined features on the seafloor of the English Channel provide the best evidence yet that gushing floodwaters cut Britain off from mainland Europe, scientists say.

Dino soup, anyone? For centuries, the Chinese have likely used dinosaur bones—thought to be mythical dragon bones—as ingredients in their medicine and food.

An ancient jawbone found in Ethiopia could rekindle the debate about how many species of human ancestors roamed East Africa three to four million years ago.

See an 800-year-old murder scene recently discovered in New Mexico, and explore the monuments built by the victims' little-known culture.

Seven skeletons found in a remote canyon were victims of a massacre that may have been part of an ancient campaign of genocide, archaeologists say.

Photos: Mysterious Culture Unearthed

Paintings and etchings found in cliffs south of Cairo look just like—and are as old as—the iconic Stone Age art of Spain and France.

See inside Tutankhamun and a mummy some think is the pharaoh Akhenaten. Odd skulls and other similarities suggest the mummies may be related.