A demonstration of an ancient device reveals how simple physics can create extremely fast spinning motion, showing that ...

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

The mysterious Lycurgus Cup is a convincing artifact indicating that, possibly unbeknownst to them, the ancient Romans used ...

Experts have used cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI) to uncover concealed linguistic patterns and pinpoint the ...

Archaeologists excavating sites on Russia's Taman Peninsula have uncovered remarkable evidence of ancient innovation—carefully crafted bone skates made from horse bones that enabled ancient peoples to ...

A $2.3 million restoration is using advanced laser technology to clean and preserve the 1,840-year-old Rome’s Column of Marcus Aurelius.

Archaeologists working at an excavation site in Pompeii have uncovered new evidence that helps explain why ancient Roman buildings have ...

An ancient woman thought to have hailed from sub-Saharan Africa and therefore to have been the first known Black Briton actually had fairer skin and was from southern England, researchers using new ...

Across the globe, a race is under way to crack some of the last mysterious forms of writing that have never been translated.

The completion of a South American lung fish genome sequencing represents one of the most remarkable moments within current ...

Her body was a canvas. It told the story of her life. Her beliefs. Now, 2500 years later, this ancient ink is exposing a lost Iron Age culture.

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