Concrete was the foundation of the ancient Roman empire. It enabled Rome's storied architectural revolution as well as the ...

Long dismissed as poor construction, ‘self-healing’ lime clasts have helped Ancient Roman structures persist for millennia.

Professor Kenichi Yano of Ritsumeikan University emphasized the discovery's unique significance: ...

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

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 ...

Excavations of a workshop that was buried in Pompeii almost 2000 years ago have given archaeologists unique insights into ...

Oddly shaped conch shells found at Neolithic archaeological sites dating back 6,000 years could have served as technology for ...

The area around Boeslunde had already yielded 10 gold oath rings and approximately 2,200 gold spirals in previous excavations. Museum director and archaeologist Lone Claudi-Hansen explained their ...

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

A villa in Pompeii has survived two thousand years and is still well preserved. Image via Wiki Commons. Concrete was the foundation of the Roman Empire. For centuries, researchers have tried to ...

A large ancient DNA study reveals that early humans in southern Africa lived in long-term isolation for at least 200,000 ...

At the base of mossy trees, deep in the mountains of Taiwan and mainland Japan or nestled in the subtropical forests of ...