This peaceful German valley is where the first Neanderthal was discovered and identified as a separate species.

Peru's Ministry of Culture has confirmed a groundbreaking discovery that rewrites the history of ancient astronomy in the Americas. Archaeologists working at the Chankillo Archaeoastronomical Complex ...

While you may believe that it's hard to learn anything new about a structure that has been around for thousands of years, ...

Chicago has long been an epicenter of exploration and advancement, from the ancient development of the Chicago Portage to the 19th-century invention of the dishwasher to the towering skyscrapers that ...

Discovery Networks UK has confirmed plans to launch the Discovery History channel next month on Sky and Virgin Media. The channel, described as the "UK's only channel dedicated to factual history", ...

There has been a chilling new Pompeii discovery that has revealed the true horror of the volcanic explosion. For one local Italian family, it was a day just like any other. Food was being prepared in ...

ROME (AP) — Italian authorities on Tuesday announced the extraordinary discovery of 2,000-year-old bronze statues in an ancient Tuscan thermal spring and said the find will "rewrite history" about the ...

In 2011, Chilean scientists exploring Antarctica found a strange, deflated, football-shaped object on Seymour Island and took ...