New research shows that the rise of Sumer was deeply tied to the tidal and sedimentary dynamics of ancient Mesopotamia. Early ...

When you think of ancient Egypt, you might imagine towering pyramids, majestic temples, and the noseless Great Sphinx of Giza ...

Some of the recent advances in the quest to catch a whiff of history are featured in the new book Scents of Arabia: ...

Skulls displayed in public 2,000 years ago were intended as a warning to enemies and a celebration of comrades, a new paper ...

Dinosaur "mummies" couldn't have been further from my mind as I trudged up a grassy knoll on the Zerbst Ranch in east-central ...

In Croatia, archaeologists have discovered a mass grave dating back to the third century CE that indicates another key to ...

Carl Sagan explained the thought process of the ancient Greek scientist Eratosthenes, who determined the circumference of the ...

Archaeologists researching a battlefield in Switzerland discovered a Roman military camp 7,000 feet above sea level. The camp ...

Madagascar’s cliffs, rolling plateaus, and winding rivers weren’t shaped by a single violent event. Instead, the island’s ...

Researchers have developed a novel application of histological staining to screen for ancient proteins in situ—within the ...

Archaeologists have discovered a 3,500-year-old military fortress with a zigzag-style wall in the north Sinai Desert of Egypt ...

He found the 2,000-year-old coins in 2017 but only in 2025 turned the discovery over to the proper authorities ...