In a remarkable discovery that adds a new piece to the puzzle of Roman Scotland, archaeologists have unearthed the remains of a previously unknown Roman fortlet. The small fortification, part of the ...

Top image: A photo of one of the child burials at the Samnite necropolis in Pontecagnano Faiano, Italy. The skeleton is in a pit grave, with a large bronze belt placed over its waist. Source: ...

In 1872, British Museum curator George Smith made a discovery that would shake Victorian England's understanding of biblical history. Working late into the London evening, surrounded by fragments of ...

Recent excavations at a 6th-century BC temple in western Greece have unearthed compelling evidence suggesting that some ancient sanctuaries were more than just places of worship. A team of ...

What started as a routine elevator shaft installation in a Barcelona hotel basement has turned into one of the most significant Roman archaeology discoveries in Spain in decades. Excavations beneath ...

A person who continually seeks after pleasure is leading a life that is unsuited to human being - it would be better suited to a life of a grazing animal. In contrast, Eudaimonia, as Aristotle defined ...

The artifact, a bronze fragment just six centimeters long, was found in 2023 by volunteer heritage protector Matthias Dasse during a field survey near Kletzke in the Prignitz district of Brandenburg.

Archaeologists have uncovered a remarkable testament to ancient global connections in Egypt's famed Valley of the Kings. Around 30 inscriptions written in ancient Indian languages have been identified ...

The Archimedes Palimpsest is a 10th-century Byzantine Greek manuscript that was overwritten in the 13th century with a Christian liturgical text. This practice of creating a palimpsest, or a reused ...

• The KV55 Controversy: DNA analysis from 2010 identified the desecrated mummy in Tomb KV55 as the likely father of Tutankhamun and the heretic king Akhenaten himself, but the lack of severe physical ...

St. Peter’s Basilica is arguably the most famous Christian worship space in the world. It is a massive church in the style of the Italian High Renaissance located in Vatican City, an independent ...

The article ‘ A new face for ‘Little Foot’, the most complete Australopithecus skeleton to date ’ by Amélie Beaudet and Dominic Stratford was originally published on The Conversation and has been ...