According to ArkeoNews, the structure was built during a flourishing period of Roman expansion when thermal baths served not merely as places for hygiene, but as centers of healing and social ...

The find places north-east England firmly within Roman Britain's industrial heartland and suggests a level of economic sophistication previously unrecognized in this frontier region. The discovery ...

The article ‘How Medieval Monks Tried to Stay Warm in the Winter’ by Giles Gasper was originally published on The Conversation and has been republished under a Creative Commons license.

The Moroccan fossils now provide tangible evidence from this mysterious transitional period. What makes these fossils particularly significant is the precision with which they can be dated. The ...

A fascinating archaeological discovery in South Africa has revealed that humans were using sophisticated poisoned arrows 60,000 years ago, far earlier than previously documented. Chemical analysis of ...

The 20-centimeter glass phallus, dating from the 16th or 17th century, was discovered in a two-meter-deep latrine shaft connected to the living quarters of a noblewomen's religious house in Herford.

Scientists have successfully recovered what may be Leonardo da Vinci's DNA from a centuries-old red chalk drawing, marking a breakthrough that could unlock secrets about one of history's greatest ...

In ancient Greek mythology, Medusa is the most famous of three monstrous sisters known as the Gorgons. The earliest known record about the story of Medusa and the Gorgons can be found in Hesiod’s ...

These thirty remarkable discoveries from 2024-2025 represent only a fraction of the archaeological treasures emerging from soil, sand, and sea around the world. Each find adds another piece to the ...

Researchers have uncovered compelling evidence that Neanderthals repeatedly deposited horned animal skulls in a Spanish cave over thousands of years, suggesting a culturally transmitted ritual ...

One of the many fantastic stories in the Book of Genesis is the Tower of Babel, a tall construction made in Babylonia after the Deluge. The gist of the story is: All human beings used to speak the ...

A groundbreaking bioarchaeological study from the Universities of Edinburgh and Cambridge has shattered long-held assumptions about medieval migration patterns into England. Rather than arriving in ...