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

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.

New photos of reportedly uncontacted, painted Indians firing arrows at a plane could help protect the rain forest and its peoples, native-rights activists hope.

See a star flaming out in spectacular style, candy-colored fireworks exploding over New York, dairy kings risking injury for a speeding cheese wheel, and more.

Yes, they had wings, but the largest flying creatures ever to have lived preferred to hunt baby dinosaurs and similar-size snacks on foot, scientists say.

Archaeologists may have finally solved the enduring puzzle of the prehistoric monuments: They are giant tombstones of the dead.

New images will help scientists assess the lander's health and surrounding landscape before starting the search for clues that the red planet was once habitable.

Three's a cloud—actually, many clouds, all churning Jupiter's new storm spot into existence. But look fast; this baby may be gone before you know it.

See Amazon Indians protest with machetes, French fishers send up flares over fuel prices, Chinese workers erecting "instant" houses for quake victims, and more.

The tiny grooming tool discovered on the seafloor off Key West, Florida, is just the latest treasure revealed during the hunt for the shipwrecked Spanish galleon Santa Margarita.

An 11th-century ruin in a dusty reservoir has become one of the most striking images of Spain's record drought, which already has forced Barcelona to ship in drinking water for the summer.

The marble bust of the Roman emperor—possibly the oldest ever found—was discovered by divers in a French river.

See "Fusion Man" fly via a jet-powered wing on his back, a giant beetle escape a smuggler, volcanic ash falling eerily, and more.

Cyclone Nargis stripped gold panels and precious gems from parts of the 2,500-year-old Shwedagon Paya temple complex, one of the world's largest Buddhist sites.

Hundreds of schoolchildren are trapped under the rubble and thousands are dead after a massive earthquake shook China's Sichuan Province on Monday.