The sarcophagus was found among abandoned houses in a quarter of Aquincum that had been vacated in the 3rd century and later repurposed as a burial ground. Nearby discoveries included a Roman aqueduct ...

For centuries, scholars debated whether Aristotle's account represented factual observation or mythological embellishment. The balance shifted decisively in 2018 when archaeologist Associate Professor ...

Archaeologists have completed the first comprehensive technological mapping of an intricate underground tunnel system beneath the ancient Etruscan city of Veii, revealing a sophisticated network of ...

Archaeologists excavating a ninth-century burial site in Bjugn, Norway have uncovered something unprecedented in Scandinavian archaeology: a Viking Age woman's grave featuring two scallop shells ...

If you thought bike-share was a great new idea, wait until you hear about the canoe share going on in prehistoric times! Archaeologists in Wisconsin have discovered what appears to be a prehistoric ...

Ancient Persians believed the sky was blue because it reflected a massive sapphire beneath the Earth, giving the stone cosmic symbolism. Kings, priests, and rulers wore sapphires to signal wisdom, ...

A massive 4,000-year-old Bronze Age coffin, carved from a single oak tree and discovered by chance at a Lincolnshire golf club, has arrived at Lincoln Museum, UK, where it will be displayed to the ...

Our results paint early apes in an amorous light, showing that the ancestors of large apes were kissing each other as far back as 21.5 – 16.9 million years ago. Clearly, they were onto a good thing ...

In a remarkable discovery that bridges the ancient and modern understanding of human imagination, archaeologists have unearthed a 12,000-year-old clay figurine from northern Israel that represents the ...

An international archaeological team has unearthed one of the most significant Bronze Age discoveries in decades—a sprawling 140-hectare settlement in northeastern Kazakhstan that is fundamentally ...

A simple turn of the wrist at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in February 2023 has unveiled a centuries-old mystery about ancient Roman craftsmen. Washington State University art history professor ...