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Italian archaeologists uncover what appears to be a model for an engineering masterwork.

Killing or trying to kill a mass of people is neither a modern nor a uniquely American phenomenon.

The massive statues can be moved side to side like refrigerators by a small number of people, researchers found.

The 4,200-year-old fort consisted of 10-foot-thick walls that were once 22 feet high and was unusually advanced for its time.

The fate of a lost Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece, known as the Battle of Anghiari, will remain unsolved.

The pyramids were spotted by a series of ancient stairs that had been carved into the wall of what is now a wine cellar.

Partially buried in mud and gravel near the riverbank some 18 miles north of Budapest, the flat bottomed wreck is about 40 feet long.

A unique theater, used by the Mayan elite to control others, was found in Mexico.

An ancient Roman lead scroll unearthed in England three years ago has turned out to be a curse intended to cause misfortune to more than a dozen people, according to new research.

An almost intact Roman ship has been found in the sea off the town on Varazze, some 18 miles from Genova, Italy.

As the expedition to Nikumaroro nears an end, hopes to identify pieces of Amelia Earhart's plane are waning.

Dating back to the Hellenistic period (third-second centuries BC), the port was Israel's largest and most important at the time.

Analysis of fractured objects on a Pacific island suggest they may have held 1930s-era American beauty products.

A grainy photo from 1937 appears to show something on the reef off of Nikumaroro.

Strange rock arrangements found in the war-torn region are clearly deliberately aligned -- but why?

The finding quashes the belief that the sculpture was adopted by the earliest Romans.

Until now, experts believed the oldest natural pearl came from a prehistoric Japanese site.

The Great Wall of China, the world's largest man-made structure, is much longer than anyone previously thought.

Dozens of radio signals heard after her plane crashed add to evidence that the legendary aviator didn't just vanish.

... and had semen injections to boost libido.

A winding investigation yields surprising clues about who may have discovered the New World, and when ...

Investigation of a recently excavated Roman shipwreck reveals ancient sailors smuggled on the side.

The 33-foot statue shows a naked boy and girl of identical size with coiled snakes.

The idea that women and children should be helped off a sinking ship first died with the Titanic.