The most famous of all the predatory dinosaurs, Tyrannosaurus rex, likely evolved in a different part of the world than its ...

A groundbreaking new study has conclusively shown that southwest Britain was a major supplier of tin to Bronze Age ...

For centuries, scholars have been fascinated by the way the Parthenon, the crown jewel of Athens’ Acropolis, was illuminated, ...

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During the excavations the archaeologists found a trench, 6.6 feet (two meters) deep, that surrounded the fortress (it would have likely been filled with water). Dug during the Ptolemaic era, the moat ...

A new study of ancient and modern societies shows that human populations need at least 2.7 children per woman – a much higher ...

When Mount Vesuvius violently erupted on the morning of August 24, AD 79, the residents of Pompeii were caught off guard.

Researchers have examined a mummy from a small Austrian village and found a mix of unusual materials has been used to ...

The story of the Garden of Eden has fascinated people for millennia, with countless scholars and amateur enthusiasts trying ...

Amid the sharp ochre cliffs of Australia's northeastern Kimberley region, a fascinating discovery is transforming how ...

Archaeologists working in the Caucasus Mountains have uncovered a surprising piece of evidence that reshapes our understanding of Neanderthal intelligence and craftsmanship: a carefully carved bone sp ...

A recent DNA analysis has confirmed what the Picuris Pueblo people of northern New Mexico have long claimed was passed down through their oral traditions—that they share a deep ancestral connection wi ...