Historians and divers are trying to retrieve prehistoric clues from beneath the waves—but they have to act fast.

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An international team of researchers has managed to unravel the best-kept secrets of the enigmatic bronze figurines of the ...

Ancient civilizations were dropping technological bombshells long before Silicon Valley existed. Just this year, archaeologists in Turkey uncovered 2,400-year-old tablets containing unknown encryption ...

The iconic Pyramids of Giza are already one of the world's greatest enigmas. Last month the mystery deepened when a team of Italian scientists said they found a vast city stretching thousands of feet ...