A once-secret passage used by Emperor Commodus to access the Rome Colosseum is opening to the public for the first time, ...

Ancient Greeks encoded the secrets of their civilization in ways hidden in plain sight, shaping a legacy that endures through ...

In 1907, navigators spotted a big hole inside the fortified rock. For many years, scientists have studied this place and ...

History has seen many waves of Egyptomania but, until the 19th century, scholars remained baffled by the many repeated symbols and motifs wrapped around every new find, from majestic monuments to ...

Back in 1954, archaeologists uncovered a hidden shrine deep beneath a Greek settlement in Paestum (southern Italy). Inside, they found bronze jars arranged around an iron bed. The jars held a waxy, ...

The inscription reading " Clemes Stam " connects this burial artifact to one of Europe's most prestigious swordmaking centers during the Renaissance period. The sword emerged from the ruins of the ...

Rangers from the Esperance Tjaltjraak Native Title Aboriginal Corporation first noticed signs of erosion at Wharton Beach in August, where shifting sands have uncovered old tree stumps and exposed ...

Ancient Romans had a big appetite for a certain kind of fish sauce – and a new study is revealing exactly what went into it. Researcher Gonçalo Themudo published his findings in the journal Antiquity ...

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For decades, Paranthropus robustus has intrigued scientists as a powerful, big-jawed cousin of early humans. Now, thanks to ancient protein analysis, researchers have cracked open new secrets hidden ...