Researchers are using chemical and mineral analysis to trace the origins of ancient pottery in Israel, building a national ...

A new research project in Israel is using advanced scientific methods to answer one of archaeology’s most persistent questions: what were the origins of ancient pottery? The initiative is led by the ...

“This finding aligns with both modern soil science and the medieval ‘miasma theory,’ which held that diseases spread through ...

This intricate gold ring found in Norway features a deceptive blue glass setting likely designed to mimic a holy sapphire.

Flower designs on 8,000-year-old Mesopotamian pots reveal a “mathematical knowledge” perhaps developed to share land and ...

An interdisciplinary research team from Leipzig has discovered strong evidence of a Black Death mass grave near the deserted ...

Maritime archaeologists from Denmark's Viking Ship Museum have unearthed an extraordinary find beneath the waters near Copenhagen - the largest medieval cog ever discovered. The 600-year-old vessel ...

In a study published in the Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, Dr. Ellery Frahm and his colleagues analyzed two ...

The internet and social media are full of lies. Why? The truth is often boring and sometimes discomfiting. Lies are better, ...

The unexpected discovery of a well-preserved and fortified villa in Margam Park in South Wales sheds new light on the Roman ...

Archaeologists recently uncovered the remains of a young man who lived 6,000 years ago — and survived a brutal encounter with ...

Archaeologists working in South Africa have discovered a hoard of 60,000-year-old arrowheads affixed with a surprising, and extra-fatal, security feature.