Both in schoolbooks and popular imagination, 476 AD stands like a sword stroke: the year Romulus Augustulus, the teenage ...

Long before Athens or Troy, the Cycladic islands forged one of the ancient world's most remarkable civilizations, built on ...

Ronda Bowser and Colette Falco, from the Institute for Canine Forensics, and their historical human remains detection (HHRD) ...

In the dark waters of a remote Scottish loch, archaeologists have made a discovery that reshapes our understanding of prehistoric engineering. Using innovative shallow-water photogrammetry, ...

A long-overlooked writing system from 5000 years ago is still largely undeciphered, but could mark the moment humans first ...

After the Trojan War, some of the Athenian troops were said to have been blown off course, leading to the founding of Scione.

A new study of a 2,200-year-old Roman shipwreck reveals that ancient sailors used sophisticated organic coatings to ...

Now, French archaeologist François Desset and his colleagues say they have cracked much of it. If confirmed, their work would ...

Africa’s widening rift is thinning the crust and reshaping the land, helping preserve fossils that reveal new clues about ...

A newly identified 168‑site settlement on Georgia’s Javakheti Plateau reveals fortresses, ancient burial traditions, and ...

The Defense Information Systems Agency has announced its intent to award a sole-source contract to By Light Professional IT Services for a Full Content Inspection, or FCI, managed service as part of ...

Do you believe in ghosts? That’s what prominent Roman lawyer and statesman Pliny the Younger asked his friend in a letter around A.D. 100. “I should very much like to know whether you think there are ...