Archaeological surveys led by scientists at Washington University in St. Louis suggest that coastal and underwater cave sites in southern Sicily contain important new clues about the path and fate of ...

For most people, scuba diving in Mexico is an exciting vacation adventure. For Fernando Calderon Gutierrez, it’s just another day at the (underwater) office. A postdoctoral research assistant at Texas ...

Divers plunging into Mexico's submerged Sac Actun cave system in 2007 stumbled upon a hidden world of Ice Age fossils, including remains of the short-faced bear, Arctotherium wingei, dating from ...

Archaeologists uncovered traces of ancient Greek cult activity in an exposed riverbed at Pertosa-Auletta Caves, officials said. Photo from the Superintendence of Archaeology, Fine Arts and Landscape ...

Long before satellites and sonar, entire cities vanished beneath water—some swallowed by earthquakes, others ...

The foundations of underwater and maritime archaeology in Latin America and the Caribbean / Margaret E. Leshikar-Denton and Pilar Luna Erreguerena -- The submerged cultural heritage in Mexico / Pilar ...

DNA from soil could soon reveal who lived in ice age caves, research shows. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The last two decades ...

Researchers have found a "unique" collection of "cave pearls"—some of which contain archaeological artifacts—in an ancient tunnel, a study has reported. Cave pearls are a type of "speleothem"—a term ...

From stunning artwork to evidence of elaborate prehistoric butchering, Live Science takes a look at seven amazing caves that contain archaeological remains. When you purchase through links on our site ...

The Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc Cave in southeastern France. For nearly a century, archaeologists have been perplexed by an enduring enigma: the conspicuous absence of cave paintings in the Levant, including ...