While slaves in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii were considered no more than "speaking tools", some received better food ...

Clues from a digital reconstruction of a lavish ancient home are changing how researchers understand Pompeii’s elite.

Olive oil is the Swiss army knife of foodstuffs. It can dress salads, sauté vegetables, even grease squeaky hinges. And for ...

A monumental archaeological discovery in northern China is reshaping what we know about early human settlement and society.

The area around Boeslunde had already yielded 10 gold oath rings and approximately 2,200 gold spirals in previous excavations. Museum director and archaeologist Lone Claudi-Hansen explained their ...

As Greece builds to accommodate a rise in tourism and other development projects, unearthed antiquities complicate progress.

Ultimately, these 573 fortresses redefine what we know about northern China’s prehistory. Long before the first emperors ...

New research reveals ancient humans in southern Africa lived in isolation for nearly 100,000 years. This led to unique ...

If authentic, these codices would represent one of the most significant archaeological discoveries related to Christianity's formative years. However, their unusual appearance and controversial ...

While it may seem farfetched to imagine northern Africa’s Sahara Desert alive with thick vegetation and giant freshwater lakes, radar imaging is helping researchers see through the desert’s endless ...

The team analyzed DNA from 225 ancient cat specimens collected across Europe, North Africa, and Anatolia. These were were bones and teeth spanning more than 10,000 years of human history. From these ...