After years of deterioration, the ancient Iraqi city of Babylon is suffering anew in the wake of war.

A closer look at a 385-million-year-old fish fossil shows the fish had digit-like stubs in their fins--"dismissing" a theory that hands and feet evolved randomly, experts say.

The remains of mussels, fish, and other marine life found in two caves on Gibraltar suggest that Neanderthals, like modern humans, actively sought out seafood.

Redheaded like her Flintstones namesake, Wilma—the first recreation of a Neanderthal based on DNA evidence—makes her debut this week.

With towering glass "sails" and fiberglass tunnels on the seafloor, a futuristic underwater museum in Alexandria may bring visitors deep into the site of Cleopatra's sunken palace.

Cleopatra's palace sank long ago, but visitors to Alexandria, Egypt, may eventually walk among the palace's ruins via the world's first underwater museum.

Some 80 human remains found at two sites may shed light on the ancient Inca city's role as a regional center of trade and power, scientists say.

Ancient ceremonies at the monument in southern England were apparently movable feasts: New analysis suggests the cattle and the revelers came from far and wide.

A prehistoric whale had back legs, a tail like a dog's, and a hip-wiggling swimming style, says a study that may shed light on the origin of modern whales' wide, flat back ends.

The prehistoric predator used the sharp teeth protruding from the roof of its mouth to snag large prey, scientists say.

Some remains of an ancient Roman harbor and town off Israel's coast, partially submerged, can be viewed only by visitors wearing diving or snorkeling equipment.

Peru archaeologists have found what may have been a pre-Inca pregnant woman sacrificed for an important religious event.

Huge tracts of prehistoric rain forest ravaged by global warming have been found preserved underneath the U.S. Midwest, scientists say.

Our closest relatives also had a harder time of child bearing and possibly child raising—a possible explanation for why modern humans outcompeted Neanderthals, the study says.

The prehistoric site near Nazerat (Nazareth) is unusual in its lack of female symbolism and oddly arranged skeletons, archaeologists say.