These ancient structures still stand - but the people who built them remain a mystery that history can’t fully explain.

Archaeologists rarely expect clarity when surveying the ocean floor, since water tends to erase context rather than preserve ...

Over 500 ancient stone monuments dot the rolling hills of southwestern Spain. La Torre-La Janera stretches across 220 acres in Huelva province. Prehistoric humans built this sacred landscape starting ...

Archaeologists working near Yulin in Shaanxi Province have recorded 573 ancient stone-walled fortress settlements. The Yulin ...

Archaeologists are revealing the secrets of a long-lost Stone Age civilisation – believed to be the oldest in the world. Ongoing investigations by Turkish, British and other archaeologists in ...

Trees around an ancient stone circle and the village it encloses could be cut back under National Trust plans. Avebury in ...

Archaeological sites older than the Roman Empire and the pyramids can be found in many US states. These sites shed light on the first humans who arrived in North America. Some are closed to the public ...

Following a local’s theory, archaeologists excavated the Farley Moor standing stone and found a larger 3,700-year-old ceremonial site. Photo from Time Team, shared by Forestry England In a forest of ...

If you’re after must-see sights, the monuments of ancient civilisations are right at the top. And it’s not just because their temples, tombs, cities and citadels are superlative feats of archaeology — ...