Scientists discover Bronze Age plague DNA in 4,000-year-old sheep remains, shedding light on how ancient diseases spread ...

For decades, research and understanding of the diverse bone raw material used by the Late Prehispanic Period (~1220 to 330 ...

An archaeological team has uncovered for the first time more than half of the temple, long buried under River Nile sediment.

Scientists have uncovered ancient wolf remains on a small Baltic island where wolves could only have been brought by humans.

Young Earth was a blue planet covered in oceans, much like today. But the atmosphere was a lethal cocktail of gases, with no ...

Greek philosopher Thales of Miletus, often described as the West's first scientist, believed the whole Earth was suspended on ...

History is filled with powerful empires that seemed invincible until they weren't. Between roughly 1250 and 1150 BCE, major ...

In a Caribbean cave, researchers discovered hundreds of fossils with bee nests within them. It is the first time this behavior has been recorded, a new study finds.

There were many similarities between ancient Greece and Egypt. The two civilizations were in close contact during the ...

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 ...

There were different types of parties in ancient Greece. Not all involved alcohol and debauchery. Some featured intellectual ...

Excavations of an ancient construction site in Pompeii have revealed the process of how Romans mixed their self-healing ...