Archaeologists discovered the first Roman marching camps in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, dating to early 200s A.D. The site held ...

Ancient people in southern Arabia hunted and ate sharks as a main food and nutrition source, new archaeological research from ...

Nora doesn’t have the name recognition—or crowds—of Pompeii. But the well-preserved coastal settlement offers travelers a ...

Archaeologists in Trabzon, Turkey, have made an extraordinary discovery, unearthing one of the world’s only three known ancient river ports. The structure, found buried nearly eight meters (26 feet) ...

Advanced imaging technology has revealed 79 new pieces of graffiti on a wall in the city's theater district. Until now, these inscriptions had been too faint for the human eye to see ...

"Egyptian craftspeople mastered reliable rotary drilling more than two millennia before some of the best-preserved drill sets." ...

The vial, also known as an unguentarium, is commonly believed to have held perfumes or cosmetic oils.

Recent advances in biomolecular archaeology have revealed that ancient objects can retain the molecular fingerprints of past ...

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

GOBEKLI TEPE, Turkey — Tour guide Sabahattin Alkan herds curious tourists through the scorching afternoon heat, luring them with the promise of something far stranger than your typical vacation snap. ...

The artifact comes from a Predynastic cemetery at Badari in Upper Egypt, specifically Grave 3932 (an adult male burial). It measures about 63 mm long and weighs roughly 1.5 grams, so small it was easy ...

Researchers have identified what may be the earliest known metal drill from ancient Egypt-and it was hidden in plain sight.