A new study of Petra’s ‘Ain Braq aqueduct has revealed a surprisingly sophisticated water-delivery setup, including a rare lead pipeline that suggests engineers were moving water under pressure across ...

The history of the planet and the civilizations that have lived on it are among life’s greatest mysteries.People have roamed ...

When it comes to ancient Egypt, archaeologists never know what they might find – and visitors are bound to be dazzled by the displays in the recently opened Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo. In recent ...

A double burial found in southern Italy more than 60 years ago has just yielded a striking new secret: ancient DNA has confirmed a rare inherited form of dwarfism in a teenage girl who lived around 12 ...

The team then developed two ways to present ancient scents to the public. Alongside the artifacts that inspired this project, ...

Extraordinary ancient finds were recently unearthed in Ephesus, the Turkish city where Paul the Apostle once preached. The discovery was announced by Anadolu Agency (AA), a state-run outlet in Ankara, ...

Deep inside a handful of caves, scientists are pulling genetic secrets out of bones, teeth and even the surrounding dirt, and ...

Five theatrical masks discovered at an ancient Turkish site are dated to the time of the Roman Empire. The masks were found alongside a 5,000-seat theater built by the Romans in the first century C.E.