Archaeologists working at Gela in southern Sicily have recovered a remarkably delicate, 5th-century BC bone stylus that blends the everyday with the provocative: a carved head - likely Dionysus - and, ...

Surface ceramics from ancient Samos reveal a self-sufficient rural economy, challenging the island’s image as a ...

In 2017, the U.S. government filed a lawsuit with the curious title of the United States of America vs. Approximately Four ...

Flower designs on 8,000-year-old Mesopotamian pots reveal a “mathematical knowledge” perhaps developed to share land and ...

Join us as we uncover a hidden Bronze Age artifact that has been lying unnoticed for centuries, right beneath our feet. This ...

The internet and social media are full of lies. Why? The truth is often boring and sometimes discomfiting. Lies are better, ...

Children in Ancient Greece played with figurines that, much like modern Barbies, reflected the society and aspirations of ...

Archaeologists in Israel believe they have discovered a first-century synagogue that was once the religious center of the ...

Archaeologists believe that the stylus was carved to resemble a herm, a type of sculpture in ancient Greece that was often ...

An international team of researchers has uncovered hidden clues about life in the hills of ancient southwest Samos, Greece.

Chemical traces on 60,000-year-old stone arrowheads from South Africa suggest ancient hunters used plant poison.

Found in an elite military hoard, this "once-in-a-lifetime" discovery challenges what we know about Iron Age warfare.