A slab of limestone excavated in 1984 from the ancient Coriovallum settlement in the Netherlands presented a puzzle for researchers of Roman history. Because of its distinct grooves and marks, the ...

A stone-and-brick reservoir, believed to be over 1500 years old, has been unearthed on Elephanta Island, showing how ancient ...

An immersive show at Melbourne Museum uses the latest technology alongside 2000-year-old antiquities to take visitors back in ...

Often, when we think about antiquity and ancient military technologies, we fall into the usual view of ancient warfare. You ...

Archaeologists working in Egypt's Nile Delta may have discovered a tomb or temple dating back around 2,600 years while ...

A groundbreaking discovery at the renowned Sanxingdui archaeological site in southwestern China has revealed an unusual metal object that defies known Bronze Age technology. Laboratory analysis has ...

The Antikythera computer captured the ancient Greek passion for mathematics, and especially geometry, and science.

The final fate of Pompeii is best known for the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, which covered the city in ash and pumice ...

Egypt's last queen is the subject of a major new immersive experience opening in London, bringing her world to life through a ...

Bishops are trying to understand what’s behind the wave. People joining the church described their reasons as highly personal ...

A 19th-century drawing buried in an obscure French archaeology book may contain the only known visual proof that women fought wild animals in Roman arenas. The figure, topless, wielding a whip, facing ...

A routine archaeological excavation ahead of a new housing development near Gloucester, England, has revealed a remarkably preserved 3,500-year-old Bronze Age well. What initially appeared to be ...