Clues from archaeology, climate records, and genetics reveal the pressures Neanderthals faced during their final millennia. Changing environments, shrinking territories, and competition with expanding ...

Ancient rock art was meant to be heard as well as seen and now acoustic archaeologists are bringing the sounds of prehistoric ...

Scientists May Have Found a Secret Entrance to One of the Pyramids of Giza Good news for America’s Chicken Littles: Ken Burns ...

An ancient alabaster vase from Yale’s Babylonian Collection has revealed traces of opium, offering the strongest evidence yet ...

Archaeologists recently unveiled an Egyptian vase inside what was once a fast-food kitchen in Pompeii. In a Nov. 6 Facebook post, the Pompeii Archaeological Park said the ceramic situla, or vase, was ...

This suggests similar alabaster vessels from the time period—often made from soft calcite stone and used for perfumes and ...

Boston University Astronomy Professor Gerald Hawkins has a bone to pick with historians who list the seven wonders of the ancient world. It is not that they have picked the wrong wonders, ...

If you ever wanted to see about 30 Road Runners and Super Bees all in one place, this junkyard is the perfect place for you.

The site's name, Patlachique, may derive from patla-achiuhcan, meaning "the place where exchanges are made to produce water," based on analysis of the glyph in the 16th-century Codex Vergara. This ...

Professor Sally Foster from Stirling University has revealed the fascinating fate of dozens of small fragments from Scotland's legendary Stone of Destiny, solving a seven-decade mystery surrounding ...

This Italian destination attracts a different kind of traveler, one that’s up for adventure and a taste of the unknown. Not ...