Wine presses found near sacred Mount Sinai were likely part of the area's earliest winery and probably produced holy wine for export, archaeologists say.

Two meat-eating dinosaurs, a probable Stegosaurus, and four sauropods quickly emerged at a dig that has found a "logjam" of fossils.

A "holy grail" of Great Lakes wrecks, the remarkably intact H.M.S. Ontario is the oldest wreck yet found in the Great Lakes.

Peru's government has reclaimed more than a hundred pre-Inca and colonial artifacts from private collections in Germany and the United States.

Earth's early atmosphere may have been highly corrosive to rocks, gradually dissolving away all but the toughest of minerals, a new study suggests.

Experts are skeptical of an archaeologist's claims to have found the world's first Christian church in a cave in Jordan.

The remains of a palace thought to have been used by the emperor Moctezuma (also called Montezuma) have been unearthed in Mexico City, archaeologists say.

Three hundred first-century skeletons unearthed near Rome's airport offer a rare glimpse into the lives of ancient longshoremen and a disabled adult.

Fossil dens dating back 245 million years might have been made by cat-size land animals known as Thrinaxodon, scientists report.

Three mummies recently taken from their tombs in Luxor to undergo exhaustive DNA analysis might include Thutmose I, who ruled from 1504 to 1492 B.C.

Apparent human footprints in 40,000-year-old volcanic ash may provide a clue to when the first Americans arrived, a controversial new report says.

Missing beneath the sands for decades, the ancient monument and tomb have come to light again—along with clues to age-old mysteries.

The long-buried pyramid—whose upper reaches disappeared centuries ago—is believed to house the tomb of an obscure pharaoh who ruled more than 4,000 years ago.

The "Headless Pyramid" of an Egyptian pharaoh has been rediscovered after being buried for generations, archaeologists announced.

A headless skeleton and disembodied pairs of legs are among possible evidence of ritualized killing at the 4,000-year-old settlement—despite their period's peaceful reputation.