An ancient tomb in Greece does not hold the remains of Philip II, the father of Alexander the Great, as some scholars think it does, a new study suggests. Instead, it contains the remains of a younger ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Although Philip II isn’t quite the household name like his famous offspring, the king is now getting some ...

At the base of a sloping mountainside in southeastern China, a burial complex lay buried, its passageways sealed long ago. Archaeologists uncovered 13 tombs at the burial complex near Paishanxiang, ...

Parched by drought and withered by sun, a lake in southeastern China began to shrink. The dropping water level lengthened lakefront beaches, stretched the size of small islands and exposed a forgotten ...

BAMAKO, July 10 (Reuters) - Islamist militants destroyed two tombs on Tuesday at the famous 14th century Djingareyber mosque in Timbuktu, classified by UNESCO as a world heritage site, residents said.