The first historically recorded pandemic is believed to have struck the walled city of Jirash, in what is now modern-day ...

Sculptures and tools from the Stone Age show markings that could be an early precursor to written language, according to a new analysis.

Using advanced CT imaging, the team has discovered new details about the mummies’ health, lifestyles and humanity.

Researchers have identified the earliest known "mechanically sophisticated" drill found in association with ancient Egyptian ...

A small metal object discovered more than a century ago is changing what scientists know about ancient Egyptian technology. Researchers from Newcastle University and the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna ...

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Discovered in a Mediterranean shipwreck in 1901, the Antikythera Mechanism stunned historians with its intricate system of interlocking bronze gears dating back to around 100 BC. X-ray imaging later ...

Egyptian craftspeople mastered reliable rotary drilling more than two millennia before some of the best-preserved drill sets.” ...

Archaeologists recently unearthed the remains of ancient Roman marching camps in Saxony-Anhalt — a first for one of Eastern Germany’s larger states. The discovery was announced by the State Office for ...

(KRON) — A suspected explosive device was found in a lake on the campus of a Bay Area university on Thursday. The device, according to the Sonoma State University Police Department, was discovered at ...

Archaeologists recently unearthed a stunning relic from the early days of ancient Britain: a Celtic battle trumpet, possibly tied to the tribe of the legendary Queen Boudica. In January, Historic ...

Indonesia’s vast archipelago is covered with the fingerprints of human history: ancient cave paintings. But on an island just off Sulawesi, archaeologists have now identified the world’s oldest known ...