Is it any wonder ancient people thought lightning came from the gods? Even today a close lightning strike feels like a terrifying brush with the supernatural. Some ancient thinkers, however, suspected ...
Ancient DNA reveals that the Goths of eastern Europe, some of whom would ultimately sack the city of Rome, may have been a mix of peoples from three continents ...
Researchers have estimated how much the home's owners may have paid to paint the small sacrarium, calculating the price of the Egyptian blue pigment and the hours of labor required to prepare it ...
A quiet cloister behind a wooden door near Rome’s Pantheon offers calm meditation, while its frescoes reveal a turbulent past.
Cocaine didn't make its way across the Atlantic until after the Spanish invaded. So how did cocaine end up being found on ...
By Ali Kucukgocmen BERGAMA, Turkey, March 13 (Reuters) - Archaeologists in Turkey have discovered traces of human excrement in a 1,900-year-old glass vial used to hold perfumes or elixirs, which they ...
Archaeologists report nails driven into remains and deliberately scattered in tombs, indicating non-accidental postmortem ...
Roughly 2,000 years ago, a traveler from southern India stood inside the sacred tombs of Egypt’s Valley of the Kings and decided to leave his mark. The man, named Cikai Korran, carved his name into ...
STORY: Archaeologists in Turkey have found evidence that ancient Roman medicine involved an unusual ingredient: human poop.Traces of it were found in this 1,900-year-old glass vial ...