Modern tools and good old-fashioned digging revealed royal tombs, World War II shipwrecks, and the oldest Egyptian genome ...

Every once in a while, archaeologists pull something out of the ground that makes us rethink what we thought we knew about ...

Olive oil is the Swiss army knife of foodstuffs. It can dress salads, sauté vegetables, even grease squeaky hinges. And for archaeologists, its ubiquitous presence in excavated pottery offers a window ...

While slaves in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii were considered no more than "speaking tools", some received better food ...

Clues from a digital reconstruction of a lavish ancient home are changing how researchers understand Pompeii’s elite.

New research reveals ancient humans in southern Africa lived in isolation for nearly 100,000 years. This led to unique ...

From an incredible series of revelations about the ancient humans called Denisovans to surprising discoveries about tool ...

"Double dyeing achieved a sophisticated imitation that could easily pass for authentic royal purple ," Dr. Sukenik explains. "Madder and woad were widely available, far cheaper, and far easier to work ...

In school, history often comes packaged in tidy chapters and predictable timelines, but let’s be honest, real history is anything but neat. It’s messy, dramatic, filled with surprises, and often way ...

While it may seem farfetched to imagine northern Africa’s Sahara Desert alive with thick vegetation and giant freshwater lakes, radar imaging is helping researchers see through the desert’s endless ...

Join an organised metal detecting dig where history comes alive through remarkable ancient discoveries. From rare coins to ...