Researchers at the University of Huddersfield have used ancient DNA to reveal that hunter-gatherers in one part of Europe survived for thousands of years longer than anywhere else on the continent—and ...

Millions visit the vast and remarkably preserved ancient city of Ephesus each year, stepping back through the centuries to walk marble streets, explore Roman baths and admire landmarks like the ...

However, careful reexaminations indicate the “little awl” is far more significant than originally believed—so much so that it ...

The aim of the "deceptively simple but thrilling strategy game" was to hunt and trap the opponent's pieces in as few moves as possible, scientists said.

Maize farmers in Peru’s Chincha Valley were fertilizing their crops with seabird poop as early as the year 1250 ...

The ancient Olympic games were crowded with male athletes, but were there opportunities for females to compete in sports?

Revealing remarkable religious diversity in the region, German archaeologists uncovered evidence of Christians and ...

The Chincha Kingdom was transporting seabird excrement from islands to valleys as early as the 13th century, and this powerful fertiliser may have been key to its economic success ...

New evidence has emerged that sheds light on the possible first people to populate the Americas. Dating of stone and ivory ...

Perched on a high rock near Corinth are the remains of the Temple of Aphrodite, which once housed a thousand prostitutes.

A new study suggests that some of the world’s oxygen-deprived oceans could eventually regain higher oxygen levels in the ...

It was the summer of 2020, and researcher Walter Crist was wandering around the exhibits inside a Dutch museum dedicated to the presence of the ancient Roman empire in the Netherlands. As a ...