Romantic images on tablets from Mesopotamia could place the earliest evidence of kissing to 2500 BCE.
Two etchings for desert kites are thousands of years old, archaeologists say.
More than 700,000 images of the shipwreck, taken from submersibles, have produced a photorealistic 3D digital model.
An unusual technique allowed scientists to see what's hidden inside these 2,500-year-old animal coffins.
The winery’s layout and finishes suggest the wine-making was merely a spectacle for ancient Roman elites.
Archaeologists found hallucinogenic compounds in 3,000-year-old hair.
Restoration work of the church following a devastating 2019 fire has revealed a surprising construction innovation.
Skeletons found in Romania, Bulgaria, and Hungary show signs they rode horses in life.
Ironton sank after colliding with another ship in 1894, killing five sailors. Now, the intact wreck has finally been found.
Southern Europe was apparently a climate refuge during the frigid millennia when these people lived.
Archaeologists studying the remains of two brothers discovered evidence of painful diseases—and a gruesome attempted treatment.
Artifacts discovered in a rock shelter suggest Homo sapiens was launching stone projectiles in Europe 40,000 years earlier than previously thought.
Da Vinci fiddled with gravity as a type of acceleration and got close to calculating the gravitational constant.
The 11,500-year-old archaeological site was unharmed in the disaster, which has killed over 35,000 people and destroyed thousands of buildings.
Two hippo butchery sites and the largest hominin tooth ever found may change the story of the ‘Oldowan toolkit.’
The 445-year-old missives offer new details about Mary’s experience as a prisoner of Queen Elizabeth I.
Our extinct sister species was hunting and butchering big game, according to new research.
The golden tokens and footwear were intended to ease the body’s transition into the afterlife.
The artifact "was trafficked by a well-organized network," the Manhattan District Attorney said.
The building is long gone, but its thousand-year-old footprint remains.
