Clues from a digital reconstruction of a lavish ancient home are changing how researchers understand Pompeii’s elite.

Far below the surface of the Baltic Sea, archaeologists have mapped a 3,000 foot line of stones that looks less like a ...

An investigation into the evidence for ancient high technology found across the world. We look into the evidence for ...

Making fire on demand was a milestone in the lives of our early ancestors. But the question of when that skill first arose ...

Qin-era carved stone proven authentic through advanced analysis, revealing ancient Kunlun mission and inspiring new preservation efforts.

Radiance" reflects the artist's investigations into ultra-contemporary materials and ancient Japanese cosmologies.

A group of scientists are studying the Cyclades, an island group in Greece's Aegean Sea, looking for signs of early human ...

Heat-reddened clay, fire-cracked stone, and fragments of pyrite mark where Neanderthals gathered around a campfire 400,000 ...

A team of archaeologists and cultural heritage researchers in northern China have uncovered a network of 573 stone forts, the ...

Evidence uncovered in a field in Suffolk, England indicates that ancient humans intentionally harnessed fire more than ...

New evidence suggests that alcohol was a surprisingly big motivator in our monumental transition from hunting and gathering to farming – but was beer really more important to us than bread?

A large ancient DNA study reveals that early humans in southern Africa lived in long-term isolation for at least 200,000 ...