A 35-meter ancient Egyptian pleasure boat used by the elite for lavish river parties and religious processions has been discovered in the sunken royal quarter of Alexandria’s Eastern Harbor. The ...

So, he sank a trial trench into what the locals called Mohenjo Daro, “the Mound of the Dead Men”. Within days he pulled out square steatite seals bearing a horned figure seated in yoga posture and an ...

Archaeologists also discovered the burial of a four-year-old child in close proximity to the woman. The child was crowned with a bronze diadem adorned with small rosettes and dates to the same time ...

A surprising study has uncovered a link between a massive volcanic eruption in 1345 and the onset of the Black Death, Europe's deadliest pandemic. The discovery reveals how a catastrophic chain of ...

Archaeologists working at the Ancient Bononia site in Vidin, Bulgaria have made a remarkable discovery that offers fresh insight into Roman marriage customs. A substantial gold ring weighing 23.63 ...

The research, published in the journal Antiquity by archaeologist and professional trumpet player Miquel López-García and his colleague Margarita Díaz-Andreu from the University of Barcelona, examined ...

If authentic, these codices would represent one of the most significant archaeological discoveries related to Christianity's formative years. However, their unusual appearance and controversial ...

The area around Boeslunde had already yielded 10 gold oath rings and approximately 2,200 gold spirals in previous excavations. Museum director and archaeologist Lone Claudi-Hansen explained their ...

Archaic humans living in the Levant around 120,000 years ago were highly selective hunters who carefully targeted prime-aged female wild cattle, rather than engaging in the mass hunting events that ...

Section of Panel 1 of the Ketton Mosaic shows Hector, prince of Troy, in his chariot. (©ULAS). A second-century Roman coin from Ilium in Turkey, labelled ‘Hector’, is an earlier example of the same ...

The question of consciousness has puzzled scientists for decades, but new research suggests the answer lies not in what consciousness is, but rather in what purpose it serves. According to Professors ...

Archaeological research once again dispells the widespread belief that our Paleolithic ancestors were primarily meat-eaters, ...