There are several ancient monuments proving that our predecessors possessed knowledge of astronomy and used it for practical purposes.

Chaco Culture National Historical Park preserves the remains of one of the most remarkable ancient civilizations in North ...

An Indigenous potato cultivation farmer harvests tubers from a Four Corners potato plant. Credit: Cynthia Wilson S. jamesii ...

Starchy residue preserved in ancient stone tools may rewrite the story of crop domestication in the American Southwest, ...

From desert dunes to ancient ruins, these top-rated New Mexico destinations stand out for scenery, history, and ...

On a sandstone cliff at a remote Pueblo site in the Southwest, a cluster of spirals and animal figures is forcing ...

The town of Port Royal is located at the mouth of Kingston Harbour in southeastern Jamaica. It was a major 17th-century English port city. A devastating earthquake in 1692 submerged much of the town ...

It was the evening after the winter solstice at Aztec Ruins National Monument in northwest New Mexico, near the town of Aztec. Although we were a day late per the solar calendar, the park service ...

A helicopter crash on Jan. 2 claimed the lives of four family members from Oregon in a remote area of Pinal County, Arizona. Officials said the aircraft struck a slackline stretched across a canyon ...

From a garden at the Holy Sepulchre to new dates for the Dead Sea Scrolls, new research is offering detailed glimpses into biblical stories. The shrine that houses the traditional burial place of ...

SAN JUAN COUNTY, Utah — Hovenweep is cool. I'm not playing the non-responsive teenager here. The word "cool" expresses my regard for this infrequently visited gem of a National Monument. Super cool ...

From a 9,000-year-old precision-engineered hammer to evidence of the Trojan War and many more... The year's most captivating archaeological finds included an untouched Etruscan tomb, pristine Bronze ...