Recent excavations at a 6th-century BC temple in western Greece have unearthed compelling evidence suggesting that some ancient sanctuaries were more than just places of worship. A team of ...

The tombs, discovered in the Qubbet el-Hawa site, were complete with shafts and burial chambers. A group of rock-cut tombs ...

Only one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World is still standing today, but the modern Seven Wonders are rich with lesser ...

Long-term excavation at Sardis continues to reveal its rich past. Collaboration and continuity are key to protecting and understanding the ancient city.

The first historically recorded pandemic is believed to have struck the walled city of Jirash, in what is now modern-day ...

The Archimedes Palimpsest is a 10th-century Byzantine Greek manuscript that was overwritten in the 13th century with a Christian liturgical text. This practice of creating a palimpsest, or a reused ...

Pottery remains reveal secrets of ancient Europeans’ surprisingly complex diet - Plants and aquatic foods played key role in ...

Deep in the vast rivers and flooded forests of the Amazon Basin, there lives a fish that appears to be prehistoric in both ...

Nestled in the sun-drenched plains of Alicante province, the quaint Spanish town of Villena guards a secret that bridges earth and sky. Back in 1963, .

Using a tool to solve a protein's structure, for most researchers in the world of structural biology and computational chemistry, is not unlike using the Rosetta Stone to unlock the secrets of ancient ...

Miguel R. Balfour’s explosive first installment in The SEAL Cypher Series follows a former Navy SEAL drawn back into ...

The grand staircase inside Pompeii's House of Thiasus villa was previously thought to lead nowhere - but it was actually the entry way to an urban metropolis that pathed the way to high rise luxury ap ...