A bizarre deep-sea species of brittle star is the sole survivor of 180 million years of time and evolution.
Archaeologists have discovered a jar that was once used to bestow a deadly curse on 55 people.
Archaeologists discovered the tombs at the Al-Hamidiyah cemetery in the desert 240 miles southeast of Cairo.
Scientists have discovered an ancient symbiotic relationship off Japan that was long thought to be extinct.
Archaeologists have announced the discovery of a 3000-year-old city situated beneath the ancient capital.
A NASA philosopher maintains that an ancient extraterrestrial artificial intelligence might already exist.
Scientists have reconstructed the face of an ancient Egyptian pharaoh who died over 3,000 years ago.
One researcher has come up with a new theory to explain sightings of the legendary Scottish loch monster.
The 500-year-old statue of a woman unearthed in Mexico has a surprisingly familiar head ornamentation.
Astronomers have identified a nearby extrasolar world that is not only terrestrial in nature, but also ancient.
These giant prehistoric beasts, made famous by Game of Thrones, were part of a mysterious ancient lineage.
An Irish farmer who had been plagued by bad luck has blamed a 'curse' caused by a damaged standing stone.
Astronomers have discovered six ancient galaxies around a black hole 1 billion times the mass of the Sun.
Archaeologists have discovered 13 ancient Egyptian coffins that have remained untouched since antiquity.
A 12 billion-year-old galaxy in the distant universe looks uncannily like a miniature version of the Milky Way.
An ancient species of ant has been found frozen in time while right in the middle of devouring another insect.
A 3,000-year-old clay figurine found in China bears more than a passing resemblance to the pigs from Angry Birds.
A new study has indicated that a Syrian village was destroyed by debris from a comet 13,000 years ago.
For years, some have speculated that pyramid-shaped formations in Antarctica could be man-made structures.
Archaeologists in China have discovered a strange brown liquid inside an ancient pot shaped like a swan.