Explore 25 ancient mysteries that archaeologists still can't fully explain. From the Voynich Manuscript to Stonehenge, uncover baffling enigmas that challe ...

No one has ever been able to uncover the secrets of these ancient mysteries. See more in this compilation from The UnXplained.

The 2,000-year-old Antikythera mechanism found in an ancient Greek shipwreck has been dubbed the "first computer," using a wind-up dial system to track the celestial time of the Sun, Moon and five ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The tomb of King Tutankhamun is among the most iconic ancient Egyptian ...

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What happens when several hundred archaeologists gather in a “glass box” in the desert? It’s an odd kind of question, but this actually occurred last week when experts from all over the planet ...

It reveals the ancient Llanos de Moxos as not simply a collection of settlements, but an entire urbanized landscape. A large part in the southeast of this region belonged to the Casarabe culture, ...

Archaeologists think the bench may have been used by visitors who came to meet with the villa's owner. Archaeological Park of Pompeii At the entrance of a famous villa in Pompeii, researchers have ...

For modern-day visitors to the archaeological park of Pompeii, the sight of long lines can be a source of annoyance. But to its aristocratic residents 2,000-years-ago, the presence of people waiting ...

This story is a collaboration with Biography.com. An ancient, charred scroll that once lied beneath the ashes of Mount Vesuvius has unveiled the true resting place of Plato—and a bizarre detail about ...