Reconsidering History

Ancient cave drawings in Indonesia are as old as famous prehistoric art in Europe, according to a new study that shows our ancestors were drawing all over the world 40,000 ...

Did the Ancient Egyptians have knowledge of electricity? This mystery fascinates modern researchers, who are puzzled by a series ...

The stone vessel is one of the most controversial artifacts in South America as it raises questions about ...

Some say the Great Sphinx of Egypt is thousands of years older than it is commonly held to ...

Archaeologists in Croatia made an incredible discovery during an excavation at a Neolithic site in Bapska, which experts ...

scientific evidence has shown that prehistoric Egyptians experimented with techniques to preserve bodies around 4000BC, some 1,500 years ...

An ancient token-based recording system from before the dawn of history was rendered obsolete by the birth of ...

This is the account of the discovery of a skull that has the potential to change what we ...

What makes this 4,000-year-old tablet so unique is the fact that the list blends apparently mythical pre-dynastic rulers ...

Scientists had to see the Antikythera Mechanism to believe it could exist. It would have been preposterous to ...

In a mysterious pyramid in China's Qinghai Province near Mount Baigong are three caves filled with pipes leading ...

Out of place in time? Mike Mikesell broke a diamond saw blade cutting through a rock at a ...

These spheres are said to be more than 2.8 billion years old, almost perfectly balanced, with grooves carved ...

Did ancient Europeans make it to America long before known Viking excursions? Here's a look at the controversial ...

Did rock form around this man-made vessel 500 million years ago or were those who found it mistaken?

If the stone really formed around this hammer more than 100 million years ago, who in the world ...

Does the universe go through the same cycle of birth, life, and death that we observe on Earth ...

Did aliens contact our ancient ancestors?

What is amazing about the Iron Pillar of Delhi is that, in spite of being at least 1,500 ...

Myth often has fact as its foundation. Here are some accounts of elf encounters and some archaeological finds ...

A sophisticated video by NASA shows a rendering of ancient Mars—a planet of blue skies and vast oceans. ...

Here's a look at prehistoric structures thought to defy the current understanding of history—the Bosnian Pyramid, Gobekli Tepe, ...

Other nations, including the Vikings, Chinese, and ancient Egyptians, may have visited the Americas hundreds of years before ...

Bimini Road has divided scientists since its discovery in 1968. Some say it was built more than 10,000 ...

Evidence exists pointing to prehistoric civilizations as advanced as our modern civilization—or perhaps more advanced, with nuclear reactors, ...

CAVALESE, Italy—The year 1492 is one of history's most famous dates, when America was discovered by Europeans. However ...

Did giants really exist?