The heroic conductor on the Underground Railroad was reared on the site in the wilderness of Maryland’s Eastern Shore.

The oldest in Western Europe, this fractured skull has introduced a series of new questions about early humanity.

Amethyst was fashionable in the Middle Kingdom. Archaeologists discovered jewelry belonging to Middle Kingdom queens and princesses in pyramids at a site called Dahshur around 25 miles south of Cairo.

Europe is full of ancient wonders, with archaeological sites that take you on a journey into the past. From the remains of ...

University of Arizona Professor David Soren's excavation at the site of a fourth century Mediterranean earthquake revealed 3 skeletons — 2 adults and a baby — crushed together under stone.

Archaeologists have unearthed the torso of a centuries-old Buddha statue that matches a head unearthed a century ago at the ...