Recent archaeological discoveries across the Americas are reshaping our understanding of ancient history. At the forefront is ...

Scientists dug into paleofeces for a new study, learning some very intimate details about how long-ago people lived.

Learn more about Wadisuchus kassabi, the crocodile’s ancient cousin that thrived in prehistoric oceans and rewrites this ...

Ghosts stories appear in several surviving texts from ancient Rome. What do they reveal about the people who told them?

The discovery underlines the Western Desert’s importance as a natural repository of secrets from ancient geological eras,” ...

Rome once had a near-equal rival just 11 miles away in the early days of the empire. The ancient Roman city of Gabii may not ...

New research shows that the rise of Sumer was deeply tied to the tidal and sedimentary dynamics of ancient Mesopotamia. Early ...

Ancient Greeks encoded the secrets of their civilization in ways hidden in plain sight, shaping a legacy that endures through ...

Researchers at a Harvard Medical School laboratory are uncertain how they will continue supporting a large public genetic database after its primary source of funding expired last month.

Earth's Ediacaran Period, roughly 630 to 540 million years ago, has always been something of a magnetic minefield for ...

In the heart of the ancient Roman city of Gabii, located just 11 miles east of Rome, a team of archaeologists led by ...