A researcher claims the Great Pyramids may predate ancient Egypt and could be the work of a lost civilization with advanced engineering.

Archaeologists have long known that complex societies can rise, flourish and then disappear so completely that only scattered ruins hint at what was lost. Now a new wave of research is sharpening the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When we look back at ancient history, we often default to picturing primitive societies with crude tools, simple living, and slow ...

A cube-shaped skull that was discovered in Mexico provides rare insight into a 1,400-year-old Mesoamerican civilization’s social practices — which included deliberate deformation. The skull belonged ...