The ancient Assyrians couldn’t exactly take to the phones like the IRS, making incessant calls demanding that loyal subjects of the kingdom pay their taxes by the deadline, but they did have vaguely ...

The carriage workshop, which also had evidence of fixing horseshoes, was situated along the well-traveled Via Claudia Augusta and offered services to travelers in the first century C.E.

The finding may allow archaeologists to determine whether a woman was pregnant or had recently given birth at the time of her ...

When you think of ancient Egypt, you might imagine towering pyramids, majestic temples, and the noseless Great Sphinx of Giza ...

The 1-inch pottery fragment, which is part of a seal that was used to authenticate official documents, was reportedly found ...

An archaeological excavation in Turkey recently yielded a Roman hospital-turned-Christian sanctuary, offering new insight ...

The ancient Romans were masters of building and engineering, perhaps most famously represented by the aqueducts.

A new 3-D model of a portable sundial found near Pompeii is helping researchers understand how to operate the "pork clock." ...

New research shows that the rise of Sumer was deeply tied to the tidal and sedimentary dynamics of ancient Mesopotamia. Early ...

In Croatia, archaeologists have discovered a mass grave dating back to the third century CE that indicates another key to ...

As the mummy tally grows, it will offer additional insight into how these ancient creatures lived on Earth during this time period. These new findings were published on Thursday in the journal Science ...

The Tremembé Formation itself is the only fossil-rich unit in Brazil from the Late Oligocene that preserves mammal remains. Over the past decades, it has yielded a rich mosaic of life: bats, ...