At nearly 3,000 feet above sea level in the misty highlands of West Java, Indonesia, a series of moss-covered stone terraces ...

An announcement that one of the pyramids of Giza is getting a facelift has sparked concerns that the ancient wonder could be compromised by an undertaking some archaeologists say does not meet ...

Cairo — Archaeologists have launched a huge project to restore the smallest of Giza's three famous pyramids to what they believe it looked like when it was built more than 4,000 years ago. An Egyptian ...

A new study theorizes that ancient Egyptians constructed the world's first pyramid using much more advanced technology than some Egyptologists believe. A recent study examined Egypt's oldest ...

Cairo — A team of archaeologists and other scientists in Egypt have used cutting-edge technology that relies on rays of radiation from space to get a clear picture of a 30-foot-long corridor inside ...

In the classic Italian epic Dante’s Inferno, the descent into Hell is regularly described in great detail when the protagonist isn’t fainting from the sheer horror of it all. When I was approached to ...

Believers have come to Serbian mountain from as far away as Australia. BELGRADE Dec. 13, 2012— -- Like a scene from the movie "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," hundreds of people are being ...

A study suggests that the first of seven key pyramids in Egypt, the Step Pyramid of Djoser, was built using a hydraulic lift. Dated to about 4,500 years ago, this would move up the introduction of ...

Ancient glyphs, forgotten temples, abandoned cities decaying in the jungle: The collapse of the Maya Empire is one of archaeology’s most notorious apocalypses. It’s also been presented to us as one of ...

Egyptian antiquities officials have confirmed the existence of a hidden corridor above the main entrance of the Great Pyramid of Giza that dates back some 4,500 years, a discovery that could lead to ...