A group of scientists are studying the Cyclades, an island group in Greece's Aegean Sea, looking for signs of early human ...

As far as kitchen staples, you don’t really get much better than olive oil. It can do it all—jazz up a salad, sauté ...

A Great Wall excavation in China uncovers the largest known cannon in the Jiankou section and evidence of early cultural ...

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 ...

The statue and a marble head of a Greek orator seized from the Met Museum were among dozens of items found to have been ...

A previously unknown medieval castle has emerged from the Swiss landscape after a researcher studying high-resolution terrain maps identified telltale features of an early fortification near ...

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

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

Facing the erosion of time, how can ancient grottoes retain their vitality? The Dunhuang Academy has provided an answer through its pioneering efforts. By leveraging digital and information technology ...

Dunhuang, a pivotal hub on the ancient Silk Road, served as a crossroads where diverse civilizations converged, giving birth ...

More than 2,000 years ago, Greek artisans built a compact machine of interlocking gears that could track the heavens with a ...

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS carries a 'WWI' chemical, hydrogen cyanide, and an unusual nickel signature, prompting Harvard's ...