Oddly shaped conch shells found at Neolithic archaeological sites dating back 6,000 years could have served as technology for ...

A new radiocarbon study has clarified the timing of the colossal Thera eruption, placing it before Egypt’s New Kingdom.

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

The research, published in the journal Antiquity by archaeologist and professional trumpet player Miquel López-García and his colleague Margarita Díaz-Andreu from the University of Barcelona, examined ...

The area around Boeslunde had already yielded 10 gold oath rings and approximately 2,200 gold spirals in previous excavations. Museum director and archaeologist Lone Claudi-Hansen explained their ...

Qin-era engraved stone found on Qinghai-Xizang Plateau reshapes early China history, linking Kunlun myth and ancient frontier reach.

How life began on Earth is one of the biggest remaining questions in science. Now, NASA has taken a major step towards ...

Zanskar uses AI to identify hidden geothermal systems—and claims it has found one that could fuel a power plant, the first ...

NASA’s Bennu samples have revealed life-linked sugars, a mysterious gum-like substance and even grains of ancient stardust.

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

Bennu asteroid samples returned by NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission reveal life's building blocks, including sugars like ribose and ...

A new genetic study of the ancient Chinese city of Shimao reveals a strictly patrilineal society that practised ...