Machu Picchu is often presented as a single Inca masterpiece, but the architecture tells a more complicated story. Across the terraces and retaining walls, there are signs of massive older foundations ...

New research shows Karnak Temple was built on a rare island of high ground formed as Nile river channels shifted thousands of years ago. Before that, the area was too flooded for settlement, making ...

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Researchers believe they've found the oldest-known depiction of cosmic creation carved into a small silver cup unearthed over half a century ago. The Ain Samiya goblet, discovered in the West Bank in ...

No, it wasn’t built by aliens. But accountants? Maybe. Researchers used drones to get another look at the "Band of Holes" along Monte Sierpe, and their work suggests that the Inca may have ...

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Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has previously worked in the fields of psychedelic neuroscience and mental health. Benjamin holds a Master's degree ...

The artwork on a 4300-year-old silver goblet unearthed in the Palestinian West Bank appears to show the universe forming out of primordial chaos – making it the oldest known visual representation of a ...

The ˁAin Samiya goblet, pictured here as a replica, is currently held by the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. The real artifact is damaged, with some of the picture missing. Eberhard Zangger / Luwian ...

New evidence may resolve a longstanding archaeological puzzle in Peru. A vast line of thousands of holes dug into a ridge in the foothills of the Andes Mountains served as a regional marketplace for ...

3,500 years ago, the southern shores of Lake Titicaca, situated in La Paz, Bolivia, were inhabited by the Tiwanaku culture who built stone super-structures such as; the Akapana, Pumapunku, the ...