Lime granules trapped in ancient walls show Romans relied on a reactive hot-mix method to making concrete that could now ...

An unusual email arrived in the inbox of a faculty member at the department of archaeology at Simon Fraser University in the ...

The discovery of the settlements over the years has led to a new understanding of the Asia Minor and Anatolia regions.

Astronomers have sighted the oldest known stellar explosion, dating back to when the universe was less than a billion years ...

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A study says the Ain Samiya goblet, found in 1970, depicts a moment of cosmic creation, challenging previous scholarly ...

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Concrete was the foundation of the ancient Roman empire. It enabled Rome's storied architectural revolution as well as the ...

million-year-old fossils revealed that this species began to diversify millions of years earlier than previously thought, ...

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

Many of the world’s most fascinating archaeological sites are overshadowed by their more famous neighbors, leaving countless ...