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 ...

A major claim in the older media cycle was that NASA removed the book and related materials. Whatever happened during the original wave of reporting, the current reality is clear: NASA now provides an ...

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

A child, hiker, or canoeist who picks up a single arrowhead is far more likely to encounter a teachable moment than criminal ...

In autumn 2024, Helge Titland, a 76-year-old mountaineer, spotted wooden stakes poking through melting snow at 4,600 feet on ...

Not every notable discovery consists of a single extraordinary artifact, a previously unknown structure, or a newly revised date for an ancient technology. Some of the most significant discoveries ...

Kaundinya set sail from Porbandar on its maiden overseas voyage, it carried a dual legacy: India's maritime past and a glimpse of its digital future.

An aerial photograph of Hala Sultan Tekke on Cyprus shows excavations of two of the city’s industrial quarters.(Courtesy Peter M. Fischer) More than 40 years ago, a Turkish sponge diver named Mehmet ...

Among the standout new discoveries made is a scribbled drawing of gladiatorial combat on the corridor’s southern side, near ...

Historical records from 1350 show that as many as 12,000 people were buried in 11 “ plague pits ” outside the city of Erfurt, ...

STUNNED archaeologists have uncovered a secret Roman villa that’s been dubbed “Port Talbot’s Pompeii”. The remarkable find is ...

These ancient structures still stand - but the people who built them remain a mystery that history can’t fully explain.