During explorations in the rugged and arid Negev Highlands of southern Israel, archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities authority (IAA) stumbled upon something both extraordinary and totally unexpec ...

Thoroughly excavated and well-analyzed cult sites are essential for comprehending the evolving and diverse ritual behaviors of different pre-Christian societies.

Thirty feet (9.14 m) under the surface of the cold, murky Baltic Sea, Brendan Foley spotted something unusual in the wreckage of an ancient ship.

Piecing together fragments of the world's earliest known rune stone, which may be more than 2,000 years old, shows they fit together like a jigsaw puzzle.

The so-called 'alien mummies' discovered in Peru, supposedly near the Nazca lines, have been dismissed as a hoax by skeptics and most of the scientific community, with claims that a definitive study r ...

A 13th-century fresco rediscovered in Ferrara, Italy, provides unique evidence of medieval churches using Islamic tents to conceal their high altars.

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At Ancient Origins, we believe that one of the most important fields of knowledge we can pursue as human beings is our beginnings. And while some people may seem content with the story as it stands, ...

The great civilizations of ancient Mesoamerica were incredibly active and productive, and new evidence of their industriousness and ambition has been discovered at a well-known archaeological hot spot ...

At Ancient Origins, we believe that one of the most important fields of knowledge we can pursue as human beings is our beginnings. And while some people may seem content with the story as it stands, ...

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