ROME, Dec 5 (Reuters) - While slaves in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii were considered no more than "speaking tools", some ...

Quick Take New vertebrate fossils reveal a more ancient mega-shark years before Megalodon This mega-shark was found in ...

Archaeologists in Hungary have uncovered a 1,300-year-old warrior’s tomb containing one of only about 80 known Avar sabers, a ...

The elongated skull was likely caused by a genetic condition, but it evidently didn’t get in the way of the individual’s ...

Some of the ancient buildings, located along China’s mountaintop rivers, dated back to as far as 2800 B.C.E., with others ...

If there were a place that could be called the archaeological almanac of Saudi Arabian culture, it would be Tell Abraq, ...

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 origin story of noodles is tricky to trace. But a discovery in China provides particularly interesting insight as to when ...

A newly identified fossil snake reveals clues about early advanced snake evolution. Its mixed traits highlight an ancient branch of the caenophidian family tree. More than forty years after it was ...

As Greece builds to accommodate a rise in tourism and other development projects, unearthed antiquities complicate progress.

Sixteen ancient canoes discovered in Lake Mendota, located in Madison, Wisconsin, are shedding light on historical transportation networks and cultural practices in the area.

Scientists have uncovered evidence of a colossal shark that lived off northern Australia about 115 million years ago, ...