A volunteer, digging near the cold stone of Hadrian’s Wall, made a startling discovery: an ancient silver ring featuring a delicately carved intaglio. The find pulls the curtain back on the lives of ...

Archaeologists working at the animal cemetery at Berenike have documented remains from three dozen primates, marking a significant shift in Roman pet-keeping practices. Previously, the handful of ...

Archaeologists excavating the ancient Roman city of Gabii have uncovered a massive stone-lined basin that may represent one ...

A young woman buried in China’s Tarim Basin some 2,000 years ago went to the afterlife accompanied by the height of fashion. The woman, who was wrapped in a felt blanket and buried in a coffin ...

Archeological excavations at Jerash continue to produce new finds more than a century after the ancient city’s rediscovery.

A discovery in Sardinia reveals up to 50,000 intact Roman coins, prompting research into trade, shipwrecks, and Mediterranean ...

Culinary archaeological finds are exciting, and an ancient fresco recently uncovered in Pompeii just might show us the ...

Pope Leo XIV has marked a significant moment in his first foreign trip to Turkey by visiting the site of the historic Council ...

Pompeii's ancient Roman frescoes, shattered and buried for centuries, could get a second life thanks to a pioneering robotic ...

Leo’s visit includes meetings with Turkey’s President and a focus on supporting Turkey’s small Catholic community.

New archaeological evidence is helping rewrite old myths about disabled people in the ancient world.

The study used genetic data from feline remains from 97 archaeological sites across Europe and the Near East as well as from ...