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

Egypt’s ancient stone vessels display a level of precision that scientists still can’t explain. Their flawless symmetry and ...

Today the deserts of the Arabian peninsula are inhospitable - but 100,000 years ago the area was full of animals and ancient humans ...

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

About 50,000 years ago, humanity lost one of its last surviving hominin cousins, Homo floresiensis (also known as "the hobbit ...

For five short December days each year, sunlight pierces the heart of Newgrange, a 5,200-year-old tomb whose perfect ...

A large ancient DNA study reveals that early humans in southern Africa lived in long-term isolation for at least 200,000 ...

Tucked under London’s Palace of Westminster— one of the most famous structures in the city and home to the Houses of ...

Many of these places were built thousands of years before modern tools, construction science, or digital preservation ...

For millions of years, the land we now call the United States has been home to towering prehistoric beasts, strange sea creatures, and lush ancient forests that no longer exist. Evidence of this ...

A new study maps dozens of megalithic tombs in Spain, revealing burial mounds and a fortified Copper Age settlement.