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

Located in western Tunisia, the plants operated between the third and sixth centuries and likely helped supply precious olive ...

Learn more about oil residue left over on ancient "dirty dishes" and what they can tell us about ancient olive oil production ...

As far as kitchen staples, you don’t really get much better than olive oil. It can do it all—jazz up a salad, sauté ...

Clues from a digital reconstruction of a lavish ancient home are changing how researchers understand Pompeii’s elite.

Benin City has grown from the historic Kingdom of Benin into a vibrant metropolis with the new Museum of West African Art.

The return of Lake Manly to Death Valley, known commonly as the driest place in North America, highlights historic levels of ...

A new radiocarbon study has clarified the timing of the colossal Thera eruption, placing it before Egypt’s New Kingdom.

There is an art to rivalry. Mastering its rules has, since ancient times, shaped cultural history over millennia.

What can today's scientists learn about astronomical phenomena from ancient texts?

Many of the ancient southern Africans, including those who lived between about 10,200 and 1,400 years ago, "fall outside the ...

Around 120 million years ago, a bird swallowed over 800 tiny stones and choked to death as a result. Paleontologists aren’t ...