ROME (AP) — One of the best-preserved ancient Roman homes on the Palatine Hill is opening to the public for the first time, ...

High on the Bolivian plateau near Lake Titicaca, Puma Punku and Tiwanaku contain some of the most precise megalithic stonework ever found. The blocks show razor sharp angles, drilled features, and ...

The project, described by Pompeii officials as Bruits de couloir (“corridor whispers”), used Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI), a computational photography technique that photographs a surface ...

Ancient wind catchers, developed over 5,000 years ago in the Middle East, formed the basis of modern passive cooling systems. This explanation addresses common misconceptions, explains how the ...

A love note, a gladiatorial combat scene, a barrage of insults and everyday confessions have emerged on a wall in Pompeii, ...

Advanced technology uncovers ancient graffiti, including love notes and sketches, offering fresh insights into daily life in ...

Ancient messages and drawings are among hundreds of inscriptions that archaeologists recently uncovered on a wall in Pompeii.

The company made an even more dramatic claim the following month, when it announced it had created three dire wolves. These ...

Ancient Rhodes was not merely an island; it was a sophisticated maritime power that defined the Hellenistic world.

Handprints on the walls of Indonesian caves may be the oldest rock art studied so far, dating back at least 67,800 years ...

The 67,800-year-old hand stencil looks like a claw—and provides new clues about early human cognition and the migration to ...