A study says the Ain Samiya goblet, found in 1970, depicts a moment of cosmic creation, challenging previous scholarly ...

A group of scientists are studying the Cyclades, an island group in Greece's Aegean Sea, looking for signs of early human ...

Archaeologists in Hungary have uncovered a 1,300-year-old warrior’s tomb containing one of only about 80 known Avar sabers, a ...

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

As far as kitchen staples, you don’t really get much better than olive oil. It can do it all—jazz up a salad, sauté ...

Learn more about oil residue left over on ancient "dirty dishes" and what they can tell us about ancient olive oil production ...

A new study revisits ancient Chinese records to explore whether a comet could explain the Star of Bethlehem described in ...

Archaeologists in Ephesus uncover a rare incense burner featuring the god Serapis, revealing ancient trade and religious ...

Cornwall has several stone circles, and as many as 800 sit across the United Kingdom, remnants of prehistoric people who ...

Based on genetic material preserved in birch bark tar from Estonia, researchers found that the teen likely had brown hair and ...

A monumental archaeological discovery in northern China is reshaping what we know about early human settlement and society.

Earth's atmosphere might have contributed to the origin of life more than previously thought. In a study published in the ...