Dangerous skull surgery was commonly and successfully performed among the Inca, likely as a treatment for head injuries suffered during combat, a new study finds.

The massive burial site contains a treasure trove of artifacts and information about two little-known South American civilizations, experts said.

See a supercell light up the Texas sky, U.S. Marines braving a sandstorm in Afghanistan, the Olympic torch reach the top of Mount Everest, and more.

Among the unusual finds are a possible victim of human sacrifice and a skeleton with curiously curved bones, anthropologists report.

Buddhist monks and Myanmar (Burma) government workers began cleaning the cyclone-struck city of Yangon (Rangoon). But the situation remains grim in the country's delta region. Warning: graphic imagery.

Lost families and lack of aid figure prominently in emotional eyewitness testimony from Myanmar (Burma), where Cyclone Nargis may have killed a hundred thousand people.

Armies of Chinese art-school graduates are hand-painting copies of famous artworks so companies can cash in on demand for reproductions.

Debate has heated up over a controversial theory that suggests huge comet impacts wiped out North America's large mammals nearly 13,000 years ago.

Troops killed at least two protesters in Somalia, where skyrocketing food prices have led to chaos in markets in this East African country.

An illegal logger has been speared to death by natives living in Ecuador's Yasuní National Park, the latest report of gruesome violence between tribes and loggers there.

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A 500-year-old shipwreck has been found off the coast of Namibia laden with tons of copper ingots, elephant tusks, gold coins, and cannons to fend off pirates.

A rare genetic mutation gave the ancient pharaoh Akhenaten an unusually feminine physique, according to a Yale University physician.

Remains exhumed last year belong to two children of Tsar Nicholas II, may put to rest questions about what happened to Russia's last royal family, an official said.

Part of China's famed terra-cotta army is coming to the U.S. for a traveling exhibit over the next two years.