Our past is a rich tapestry filled with incredible discoveries and triumphs, but it also holds persistent knots of mystery ...

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) - A University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire professor and his student researchers are featured in two documentaries highlighting their work to uncover forgotten Holocaust history.

Egyptian archaeologists have discovered a more than 3,000-year-old fortress that has been described as one of the country’s “largest and most important” at the Tell El-Kharouba archaeological site in ...

LOS ANGELES -- She lived as the last ruler of ancient Egypt, but little is known about Cleopatra's death. For 2000 years, the location of her tomb has been a mystery with few leads, until now.

During her hunt for the Egyptian queen’s lost tomb, National Geographic Explorer Kathleen Martínez uncovered the sunken landscape near the ruins of Taposiris Magna. Archeologist Kathleen Martínez and ...

History has seen many waves of Egyptomania but, until the 19th century, scholars remained baffled by the many repeated symbols and motifs wrapped around every new find, from majestic monuments to ...

National Geographic announced it has acquired the streaming rights to "Ghost Elephants," which is written, directed and narrated by Werner Herzog and features National Geographic Explorer Steve Boyes.

A 4,000-year-old handprint has been discovered on a clay model used for offerings in an Ancient Egyptian tomb. Researchers from Cambridge University’s Fitzwilliam Museum, in the United Kingdom, ...

It grew to less than a foot in length and likely feasted on mollusks and worms. A new species of ancient shark has been discovered at Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky, officials said. Named ...