In Peru, an Inca city buried under the desert sands has intrigued archaeologists for almost a hundred years. This ancient city is known as “Pachacamac.” Archaeologist Peter Eeckhout has finally discovered the reason for this strange desertion. …

Two Viking-era swords were recently unearthed by archaeologists in Sweden. The weapons were once plunged into the earth vertically, between tombs at a mass burial site. While severely corroded by time, incredibly, they had lasted intact and remained in place for some 1,200 years. It was a motorway expansion that prompted the two-year-long dig in…

ATHERTON, Calif.—Police are digging into why someone buried a car in the yard of a multi-million dollar Northern California home in the 1990s and left unused bags of concrete inside. The car was discovered Thursday morning by landscapers in the affluent town of Atherton in Silicon Valley, police said in a news release. Cadaver dogs…

PRAYAGRAJ, India—Police are reaching out to villagers in northern India to investigate the recovery of bodies buried in shallow sand graves or washed up on the Ganges River banks, prompting speculation on social media that they’re the remains of COVID-19 victims. In jeeps and boats, police used portable loudspeakers with microphones asking people not to…