New sites and artifacts are found all the time, revealing forgotten secrets of the past. Here are some of the latest discoveries: In the heart of Rome, a dazzling blue material dating back 2,000 years ...

Studies of sediment cores from the sea floor and the coastal regions surrounding the Aegean Sea show that humans contaminated the environment with lead early on in antiquity. Geoscientists conducted ...

Here we delve inside Egypt's pyramids to reveal their many treasures and secrets, while also shining a light on Egypt's ...

Ancient lead pollution in the Aegean Sea may have started 5,200 years ago — 1,200 years earlier than previously thought.

Nostalgia has become a defining trait for Millennials and Gen Z-ers. However, this concept has roots beyond the present to ancient Greece.

The beads were identified as amber, something that was not common in Syria during the Iron Age and originated from the Baltic ...