Peruvian gas workers made an astonishing discovery beneath the ancient streets of Lima this week — uncovering eight mummies and a number of Pre-Inca artifacts. “We are recovering those leaves ...

Peru has filed a lawsuit against Yale University to recover relics taken nearly a century ago from the ancient Incan capital of Machu Picchu, the country's top tourist spot, the American school ...

Machu Picchu, the iconic Incan citadel, wasn't exactly "lost" to the local people, but it remained largely unknown to the outside world until its official rediscovery in 1911 by American historian ...

About the same time that Prescott Bush, grandfather of George W. Bush, was allegedly looting Geronimo's grave in Oklahoma, another Yale alumnus, Hiram Bingham, was also digging up Native American ...

Archaeologists recently completed a survey of the Greek island of Kasos, according to The Greek Ministry of Culture. Ancient artifacts and multiple shipwrecks were found underwater.

Soon, excavations at the site in the coastal city of Sao Luis had uncovered thousands of artifacts left by ancient peoples up to 9,000 years ago -- a treasure trove archaeologists say could ...

In an undisclosed location, what appeared to be burnt artifacts have been identified as extraordinary fabric from 3,600 years ago. This fabric reveals the advanced textile techniques of ancient ...

Egyptian authorities have arrested two men for attempting to steal hundreds of ancient artifacts from the bottom of the sea, the Egyptian Interior Ministry said in a Monday statement.