A study says the Ain Samiya goblet, found in 1970, depicts a moment of cosmic creation, challenging previous scholarly ...

Ancient Roman ideas of privacy differed radically from our own, and their communal toilets reveal a mindset almost impossible ...

Archaeologists finished excavating the most complete part ever discovered of the foundations of the walls, which surrounded ...

Have you ever noticed that five of the seven wonders of the ancient world are buildings? Why is that? We always try to experiment and to build amazing things, to push the boundaries and to impress the ...

Many of the world’s most fascinating archaeological sites are overshadowed by their more famous neighbors, leaving countless ...

The discovery of the settlements over the years has led to a new understanding of the Asia Minor and Anatolia regions.

Hidden beneath a hill in Mexico lies the world’s largest pyramid by volume—the Great Pyramid of Cholula. Long thought to be a ...

The origins of ancient Greek city names like Athens and Olympia reflect mythology, history, and the development of Greek ...

A group of scientists are studying the Cyclades, an island group in Greece's Aegean Sea, looking for signs of early human ...

Stories set in ancient worlds beyond Egypt, Greece and Rome offer a rare sense of distance and depth. These historical books ...

Archaeologists in Ephesus uncover a rare incense burner featuring the god Serapis, revealing ancient trade and religious ...

An unusual email arrived in the inbox of a faculty member at the department of archaeology at Simon Fraser University in the ...