Divers have discovered a long-submerged wall some 7,000 years old under the sea off western France, scientists said Thursday.
While slaves in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii were considered no more than "speaking tools", some received better food ...
From an incredible series of revelations about the ancient humans called Denisovans to surprising discoveries about tool ...
Scientists excavating the ruins of Pompeii have discovered a construction site left frozen in time by the eruption of Italy's ...
Underwater archaeologists announced they had discovered the ancient wreck of an ancient Egyptian pleasure boat off the coast ...
Harvard researchers have discovered that cycads—one of the oldest living lineages of seed plants—heat up their reproductive ...
A hidden marvel beneath the earth's surface has emerged near Stonehenge, revealing a story of ancient ingenuity that has left ...
Making fire on demand was a milestone in the lives of our early ancestors. But the question of when that skill first arose ...
The Hjortspring boat carried warriors on an attempted attack of a Danish island over 2,000 years ago. Archaeologists have new ...
New research suggests that the illustrations may have been based on "Phrygians," a tragedy by the Athenian playwright ...
Archaeologists recently found the lost ruins of a ceremonial temple—covered in sand and 4,000 to 5,000 years old—in ...
A trove of archaeological artifacts - including thousands of ancient coins - has been discovered during excavations at a home ...