Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world. More than 1,500 years ago, an ancient Arab people built a Christian ...

Archaeologists unearthed a massive trove of gold coins in the Czech Republic, minted by a long-lost civilization — with the site described by officials as "exceptional." The discovery was announced by ...

Netflix’s Ancient Apocalypse suggests Gunung Padang in Indonesia may date back 24,000 years, built by a lost civilization. Archaeologists argue it is closer to 5,000–7,000 years old, with terraces ...

Recent archaeological discoveries have unveiled ruins believed to be part of a civilization dating back 20,000 years, challenging our understanding of human history. These findings compel researchers ...

In the hills of southeastern Turkey lies a site so ancient, it's turning our understanding of civilization on its head and fueling conspiracy theories. A mystery is slowly emerging from the hills of ...

Dr. Luis Pezo-Lanfranco and his colleagues conducted stable isotope analysis to reconstruct the diets of 38 human individuals from the early Central Andean civilization of Vichama (1800 BCE–1300 CE).

People on both sides of the border share a cultural heritage much older than modern nation-states, dating back to the ancient Khmer civilization. By Sun Narin and Hannah Beech Sun Narin reported from ...

Archaeologists in Turkey recently excavated the ruins of a millennia-old city, revealing a fifth-century Christian church with a message that hasn't been seen in over 1,000 years. The excavation took ...

Seven stone tools found on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi are the earliest evidence ever discovered of ancient humans making a sea crossing, dating back up to 1.4 million years. They may provide ...