In a new study published today in Science Advances, my colleagues and I have uncovered the earliest evidence of rice in the ...

An ancient society near the southern shores of Lake Titicaca in modern-day Bolivia was once one of the continent's most ...

Fifteen years after the discovery of a new type of human, the Denisovan, scientists discovered its DNA in a fossilized skull.

Archaeologists in Stratonikeia, Turkey, uncovered a rare Greco-Roman library, revealing ancient architecture and centuries of ...

Near Bentfeld, Germany, archaeologists discovered a 1,600-year-old wooden well, initially mistaken for a livestock watering hole. The well, along with other artifacts, offers insights into the ...

The discovery of tens of thousands of inscribed wooden slips provides concrete evidence that this location was indeed the ...

Portus lulius was a Roman naval base at Misenum, which used to be the headquarters of the Roman Empire’s fleet in the Tyrrhenian Sea, the Classis Misenensis. This fleet was commanded by Pliny the ...

Archaeologists in Rome uncovered a colossal ancient marble head near Trajan’s Forum, possibly depicting Emperor Trajan or the ...

In Lima, Peru, gas company workers unearthed a remarkably preserved 1,000-year-old mummy of a boy during pipeline ...

From prehistoric sunscreen to a brain that turned to glass, we've learned some surprising new facts about human history ...

The largest collection of Roman coins found in Spain is now on exhibit. The museum display features 50,000 ancient coins from ...

ASI excavations near Govardhan Hill in Deeg, Rajasthan, uncovered a dried riverbed and ancient settlements, potentially ...