This stable, dry microclimate allowed for the rare survival of ancient artifacts, including thousands of years old textiles ...

A new analysis of 12,000-year-old stones from Israel shows that they may be the earliest evidence of this society-changing ...

These could be the earliest discovered spindle whorls, technology that was then seemingly lost for 4000 years.

Restoration work at the site of a "key" ancient Egyptian temple is revealing long-hidden colorful details in its decorations. The Temple of Esna, located on the west bank of the Nile over 30 miles ...

There is much excitement among archaeologists because of what the rare opportunity to investigate this site might tell us about Petra’s ancient people, the Nabataeans, and their culture.

Archaeologists have uncovered the ruins of a 2,000-year-old temple believed to have been built by an ancient civilisation featured in Indiana Jones. Remains of ancient altars and inscribed marble ...

The discovery suggests that trade routes along the Silk Road were far more complex than previously understood. By Alexander Nazaryan Michael Frachetti was on an archaeological dig high in the ...

WASHINGTON, Oct 21 (Reuters) - The space rock that slammed into Earth 66 million years ago at the end of the Cretaceous Period caused a global calamity that doomed the dinosaurs and many other ...

A fresco featuring the bright blue paint of the newly opened room; a scanning electron image of an ancient Roman concrete sample with lime clast, highlighted in red; Dr. Masic inspecting the ...

Originally celebrated among ancient Celts in Ireland, Wales, and Scotland over 2,000 years ago, the celebration was a time of elation and revelry when the veil between the living and the dead was ...