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 ...
During restorations at the Palace of Westminster in London, excavations have revealed a trove of historic objects, the oldest ...
Archaeologists excavating the ancient Roman city of Gabii have uncovered a massive stone-lined basin that may represent one ...
The burial site was 4,500 years old, but archaeology society members saw enough evidence to believe it was already in use nearly 8,000 years earlier.
A rare example of a sun hat from late Roman Egypt that was stitched together from fabrics in five colors.
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 ...
A Europe-focused study published in the journal Science examined 87 ancient and modern cat genomes and found that the domestic cat, which has the scientific name Felis catus, originated in North ...
Beneath the UK’s Parliament, a shocking discovery is rewriting everything we thought we knew about London’s past. From ...
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.