An ancient alabaster vase from Yale’s Babylonian Collection has revealed traces of opium, offering the strongest evidence yet of widespread opiate use in ancient Egypt. A recently analyzed alabaster v ...

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 ...

We decided to get in the water for a better chance at treasure. What followed was part archaeology, part slapstick, and ...

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

Scientists have uncovered a remarkable 'remote touch' sense in humans, enabling detection of hidden objects beneath surfaces. Experiments show people ...

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 ...

While filming the first episode of her show “Hidden Wonders”, TV personality Sandi Toksvig and Bournemouth University archaeologist Miles Russell discovered the domestic dwellings and the cemetery of ...