Julius Caesar, Napoleon, Pétain, De Gaulle, Eisenhower… Many great military leaders, thanks to the popularity and prestige ...

The Maya ruler in question was Te K’ab Chaak, the first ruler of Caracol, an important Maya city that ruled the southern part ...

Texas archaeologist couple Arlen and Diane Chase uncovered the 4th-century tomb of Te' K'ab Chaak, the earliest ruler of ...

In the heart of Belize, archaeologists have uncovered a royal tomb that changes what’s known about Maya history. This burial, ...

In Luxor, Egypt, a ‘lost city of gold’ is gradually revealing the story of its construction and sudden abandonment more than 3,000 years ago. Its remains could reveal more about the troubled years of ...

Archaeologists identified skeletons found in an ancient tomb as the royal lineage of Alexander the Great, including his father and son, dating back 2,300 years.

In the third in his special series of articles exploring the enduring legacy of Tutankhamun, Zahi Hawass searches for the boy ...

In the ancient city of Gordion in Turkey, archaeologists have unearthed an 8th-century B.C.E. tomb with possible ties to King Midas.

Amarna was built by Akhenaten, the pharaoh who imposed the worship of the Sun god, as his new capital. It was strategically located between the ancient capitals of Thebes and Memphis, and during its ...

DUBLIN — Newgrange is a 5,000-year-old passage tomb in Ireland that predates Stonehenge. Here, archaeologists found the skull of what they thought was an incestuous “god-king” part of Ireland’s ...

Scientists have found that a deadly tomb fungus called Aspergillus flavus may hold the key to promising new treatments for leukemia.