These ancient structures still stand - but the people who built them remain a mystery that history can’t fully explain.

Far below the waves off the coast of Brittany, France, divers have mapped a massive stone barrier that should not exist, at least not according to the standard story of early European prehistory.

The Temple of Bastet is rarely visited today, yet it contains stonework that raises important questions about ancient ...

Ancient civilizations were dropping technological bombshells long before Silicon Valley existed. Just this year, archaeologists in Turkey uncovered 2,400-year-old tablets containing unknown encryption ...

The ingenuity of the construction techniques used by Greek builders 2,000 years ago continues to dazzle the world. What did these ancient engineers get right? And how does looking to the past help ...

This photo provided by Adam Pažout shows a fragment of a Roman milestone that was erected along the road Via Nova Traiana in Jordan. (Adam Pažout/Itiner-e via AP) WASHINGTON (AP) — As the saying went, ...

TO KINETIC ENERGY IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE. CATAPULTS ARE A BATTLE WEAPON DATING BACK TO MEDIEVAL TIMES, AND NOW THAT SAME CONCEPT SHAPES OUR DAY TO DAY LIVES. FIRST WARNING METEOROLOGIST MARQUISE MEDA ...

Across India, ancient architecture continues to offer clues about early engineering, metallurgy, and scientific thought.

WASHINGTON (AP) — As the saying went, all roads once led to Rome — and those roads stretched 50% longer than previously known, according to a new digital atlas published Thursday. The last major atlas ...