The excavation offers a fresh window into how people lived, traded, and commemorated the dead on the western Black Sea coast during the Roman era. Hospital Works Reveal a Hidden Tomis Necropolis ...

The copper and leather device represents the first evidence of mechanical tools from Egypt’s pre-Pharaonic history.

A UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Appian Way is a roughly 350-mile-long road that runs from Rome to Brindisi. With some parts ...

Because cremation dominates the Urnfield period, the Late Bronze Age has long been a “blind spot” for biomolecular research. The new study published in Nature tackled that gap by focusing on ...

Explore Pennsylvania’s ancient treasures that offer a glimpse into the past and will captivate history enthusiasts.

Perspectives on the Ancient Near Eastern canon : More than Mesopotamia's greatest hits / Amy Rebecca Gansell and Ann Shafer -- The southern Levant and the Ancient Near Eastern canon / Rachel Hallote - ...

Further south, in the Don River basin, the menu changed. There, the “chefs” were obsessed with seeds. The foodcrusts were packed with wild grasses and wild legumes, like clover, all cooked together ...

Researchers recently used near-infrared photography to get a detailed look at ancient artwork showing scenes of wild animals tangled in a fight. But these weren’t paintings on a cave wall. They were ...

Colonialism has been a central part of history around the world, differing only in form over time and space. After all, ...

A massive 7,000-year-old stone wall has been found underwater off the coast of Brittany. This ancient structure is France's largest underwater building. It shows early humans were skilled builders and ...