They've currently found a minimum of 227 children, who were likely sacrificed as a ritualistic offering to appease the Chimú's moon god in hopes of better weather.

A landmark site in the peopling of the Americas is several thousand years younger than we thought. While that means very different things about the site itself, it doesn’t change the big picture as ...

April is the feast day of Zacchaeus of Jericho. We all know the account of Zacchaeus climbing a tree to see Jesus. However, it turns out not to have been a sycamore tree at all. This is the story ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with archaeologist Gary Feinman about new findings that show democracy existed throughout the ancient world and was not exclusive to Mediterranean Europe.

For decades, the strongest evidence for the earliest human settlement in the Americas came from a site in Chile called Monte Verde. Scientists found echoes of hu ...

The ancient world holds secrets that continue to baffle archaeologists, historians, and curious minds today. From cities that ...

Prosecutors have cleared Cedar Rapids area police, troopers and sheriff's deputies in the shooting of a Cedar Falls carjacking suspect in December.

Remains of Temple of Despoina at Lycosura in Arcadia, the oldest city in the world, according to Ancient Greek geographer Pausanias. Photo credit: J. Matthew Harrington Wikimedia Commons CC BY 2.5 “A ...

Witness the historic desert oasis of Jericho, Palestine, from above. This drone flight glides over the ancient ruins of Tell ...

Juárez improved its ranking on the list of the world's most-violent cities, moving to No. 17 in 2025. Port-au-Prince, Haiti, was ranked the most dangerous city in the world for the second consecutive ...