Azerbaijan's archaeology holds many secrets, revealing a past full of mysteries and discoveries to researchers.

The Hagia Sophia, constructed during the Byzantine era, had been hiding seven tunnels that were part of a network connecting ...

For centuries, the Ark of the Covenant, the sacred gold-plated chest said to contain the Ten Commandments, has been one of the greatest mysteries in religious history. The object, which once ...

The Peruvian desert has kept its greatest mystery hidden for 2,000 years, concealing ancient inscriptions from all human ...

Ancient Greek priestesses may have used hallucinogenic ergot during the Eleusinian Mysteries, rituals carried out by the cult ...

The Eleusinian Mysteries were secret religious rites in ancient Greece honoring the goddess Demeter and her daughter ...

Ancient followers of the Eleusinian Mysteries may have used a highly toxic fungus to create psychedelic hallucinations during ...

The Nazca desert marks the meeting point of three technological eras. First came the ancient builders who carved their designs into the earth. Centuries later, aircraft revealed the full scale of ...

Previously considered by scholars to be unconnected, the histories of the Amazon and Andes regions in South America have significant parallels, according to Eduardo Góes Neves, a professor of ...

Families with children 7 and older can learn about the world of maritime archaeology Wednesday afternoon at the Coastal Studies Institute in Wanchese.

An analysis of the victims’ skeletons, carried out by an Edinburgh University scientist, has revealed that 77 individuals, mainly women and children, were slaughtered and then buried - crammed ...

Dive into Great Lakes mysteries with VR shipwreck tours, a lost steamer reveal and hands‑on adventures in Manitowoc March 6-7.