STONES, BONES, AND WRECKS

On day one, the archaeologists excitedly announced the discovery of a ship. And then came days two and three.

The view from above—sometimes way above—has revealed lost cities, forgotten pyramids, and ancient trading routes.

The USCGC McCulloch was part of the Asiatic Squadron, a group of U.S. Navy warships that fought in the 1898 Battle of Manila Bay.

Academics at the University of Mississippi want to construct a new lab to study the remains and build a visitor's center and a memorial.

With enough funding, they will analyze—and then reinter—the remains of people buried between 1707 and 1859 in a Baptist cemetery—and mental_floss will be in the lab with them.

With enough funding, they will analyze—and then reinter—the remains of people buried between 1707 and 1859 in a Baptist cemetery—and mental_floss will be in the lab with them.

And when did women and babies start surviving it?

We spoke to archaeologist Murat Gülyaz about the phenomenal dig.

Forgery of art and antiquities is far from a modern phenomenon.

For thousands of years, people have buried their treasures to keep them safe from authorities and marauders or as offerings to the gods. Every now and then, someone is lucky enough to find one of these long-lost hoards. Here are seven of the best finds in

All it took to locate the bones of Richard III was 500 years, a psychic vision, and a grassroots movement.

There’s more to the common parking lot than broken beer bottles and fender benders from that guy who was texting. Oceans of asphalt, it seems, are hiding an astonishing trove of archeological treasures.