Archaeologists recently discovered a massive 2,000-year-old stone basin in ancient Gabii, Italy, revealing early Roman public ...

Long before there were maps or names for continents, a handful of people stood at the edge of the world. Picture them on a ...

In regards to the basin, it likely had a ceremonial use, based on finds of pottery and oil lamps discovered very nearby.

Mesopotamians, the ancient inhabitants of the land between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, are credited for many firsts in ...

Italian archaeologists, working with Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Directorate of Archaeology, have discovered eight new ...

Tools recovered from three sedimentary layers in Kenya show continuous tool use spanning from 2.75 to 2.44 million years ago in the face of environmental changes.

Learn how early hominins crafted the same sharp-edged Oldowan tools through 300,000 years of climate change, revealing one of ...

Archaeology here is not treasure hunting. It is slow, careful work. It is listening to stones that speak in small details. Think of a dig like a layered cake… You slice it one layer at a time. If you ...

In the south-east of the continent at Budj Bim (Mount Eccles), modern science can tell us a volcanic eruption happened ...

For almost 5,000 years Stonehenge has passed through different building stages, stood proudly through all weathers, and ...

The poor state of the ruins made the idea of keeping them difficult to imagine, as did the relative uncertainty of final costs. While each project is unique, a renovation of an historic building can ...

Hear ye! Hear ye! A new history fact has been debunked! According to bubo-bursting research by the German Museum of Medicine ...