For decades, researchers have been perplexed by the ceramic jars built into recesses in the stone counters of Pompeii’s ...
The site’s layers contain eight centuries of history.
The discovery provides new insight into how burial sites were reused and protected over time in ancient Egypt.
Florida students dig up ancient Native American meals at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, finding shark remains, pottery ...
We hardly give them a second thought, but everyday objects like bags and backpacks belong to a long technological tradition that may stretch back hundreds of thousands of years.
The eruption of Mt. Vesuvius froze the ancient Roman city in time, giving modern-day humans a remarkable vision into the past ...
Clifty Falls State Park offers a window into a rich marine ecosystem that formed millions of years ago.
A long-overlooked writing system from 5000 years ago is still largely undeciphered, but could mark the moment humans first ...
An analysis of ancient teeth is giving scientists a rare peek into interactions between human relatives hundreds of thousands ...