Archaeologists in Britain say they have found the earliest known evidence of deliberate fire-making, dating to around 400,000 ...

Two Roman swords found in Gloucestershire reveal a hidden settlement dating back 2,000 years and the possible remains of a ...

A new study using advanced fossil imaging reveals that ancient pterosaurs may have mastered flight almost instantly when they ...

Archaeologists at Mleiha open a 20-pound jar containing 409 silver coins, revealing Hellenistic-Arab ambition and power.

No matter how much we dig, it seems there's always something new to discover. Quite literally. Each fascinating find brings ...

While slaves in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii were considered no more than "speaking tools", some received better food ...

A specially trained algorithm could aid the search for biological activity both on the early Earth and on other worlds.

A pedestrian who spotted a strange arrangement of stones wound up helping archaeologists rediscover an Ancient Roman building. The find was announced by the Swiss canton of Solothurn on Facebook on ...

Ancient civilizations were dropping technological bombshells long before Silicon Valley existed. Just this year, archaeologists in Turkey uncovered 2,400-year-old tablets containing unknown encryption ...

Ancient archaeological finds, some dating back 7,000 years, were unearthed during the construction of an industrial park in southwestern Germany. Archaeologists have documented more than 1,100 finds, ...

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

Israel's Civil Administration returns dozens of archaeological finds from Burj Lasanan site in a targeted operation ...