Flower designs on 8,000-year-old Mesopotamian pots reveal a “mathematical knowledge” perhaps developed to share land and ...

In a study published in the journal Iraq, Dr. Troels Arbøll analyzed medical prescriptions from ancient Mesopotamia to ...

In different passage, Aulus tells us about some bookstalls he came across when he arrived by ship at the port of Brundisium ...

These ancient structures still stand - but the people who built them remain a mystery that history can’t fully explain.

One of the best-preserved ancient Roman homes on the Palatine Hill is opening to the public for the first time.

The buildings were used for a variety of purposes, from mealtimes to “industrial activities” that kept the site running.

The majority of the temple dates to the 7th century BC, but archaeologists discovered portions of the site that are even ...

An ancient Greek relief sculpture featuring an ear may seem strange to some, but it was made with the hopes that someone ...

During the season 22 premiere episode of "Ancient Aliens" viewers tuning in will join skilled archaeologists as they take a ...

Cats might have been sacred in ancient Egypt, but they were far from cherished pets. Discover why our assumptions about their treatment draw far more on modern sensibilities than historical reality ...

Researchers have reconstructed ancient herpesvirus genomes from Iron Age and medieval Europeans, revealing that HHV-6 has ...