The looters had plans to plunder an ancient cave workshop from the Second Temple Period on Jerusalem’s Mount Scopus.

The tiny object, found near a site tied to one of the Bible’s most famous battles, is now reshaping what researchers know ...

The Trump administration’s hostility to science is real and deeply concerning. But it has not—so far—reset the Republican ...

Archaeologists say a 2,200-year-old specimen is the first direct evidence of how the Carthaginian war machine used the giant mammals in the Punic Wars.

Diego Matadamas-Gomora, a PhD candidate at Tulane University, spent months analyzing volcanic glass fragments excavated from the ruins of Tenochtitlan's main temple. His team examined 788 obsidian ...

Last summer I polled the great art houses of Europe with a seemingly straightforward question: Had they had any recent experiences with mold in their collections? Mold is a perennial scourge in ...

Researchers in Brazil think they may have discovered the earliest known evidence of whaling. According to a recent study published in the journal Nature Communications, harpoons found in museum ...

CLEVELAND — Cleveland's Great Lakes Science Center will offer a new way for guests to immerse themselves in one of history's most iconic disasters with "TITANIC: The Artifact Exhibition." The ...

Tufts’ current and former political science professors Jeffrey M. Berry, James M. Glaser and Deborah J. Schildkraut published their new book, “Everyday Democracy: Liberals, Conservatives, and Their ...

From “experimental archaeology” to the mysterious appeal of exploration, the wide-ranging subjects detailed in these titles captivated Smithsonian magazine’s science contributors this year Joe Spring, ...

Bearded vultures build giant, elaborate nests that are passed down from generation to generation. And according to a new study, some of these scavengers have collected bits and bobs of human history ...