Mud houses are simple yet powerful structures. Using primitive construction skills, the builder turns raw earth into walls, ...

Not all ancient Roman buildings are museums or archaeological sites. Some have been quietly used and re-used for two thousand years as the city and world changed around them. This video explores seven ...

National Institute of Technology—Wakayama College (NITW; Japan), and Shimane University (Japan) present the largest cephalopod genome sequenced to date. Their analyses, published in iScience, show ...

As Greece builds to accommodate a rise in tourism and other development projects, unearthed antiquities complicate progress.

A compelling creation myth was a must for every ancient civilisation, but Rome decided that one just wasn’t enough. In myth ...

A new study mapped ancient quarries in Jerusalem, offering rare insight into historic stonework hidden beneath the modern ...

A newly detected underground feature at the Ness of Brodgar has surprised archaeologists, revealing a mysterious anomaly that could ...

Digital reconstructions are bringing structures to life that may have collapsed during Mount Vesuvius' eruption in 79 C.E.

For a long time, archaeologists believed that large buildings required large bosses. The idea was simple: only societies with ...

Scientists have extracted the oldest RNA molecules out of a woolly mammoth, gaining a snapshot into the processes at work in ...

A newly discovered monumental basin in Gabii hints at how early Romans experimented with city planning long before Rome’s own layers were buried. In the center of the ancient city of Gabii, just 11 ...

Louvre has temporarily closed its Greek ceramics Gallery due to structural risks, amid ongoing security concerns and ...