At the playground, archaeologists found several ancient Roman waste pits, including one with shoe fragments, officials said.
Rome experienced some of it greatest economic and cultural dynamism under Nero's rule, and yet he's called everything from a ...
Ancient cylinder seals in Mesopotamia shaped the development of proto-cuneiform writing in Uruk around 3000 BCE, linking ...
Strofilas, on the island of Andros in Greece, is the oldest city in Europe. Dating back to 4500 — 3200 BC, is the largest ...
These could be the earliest discovered spindle whorls, technology that was then seemingly lost for 4000 years.
New DNA evidence from Pompeii’s body casts reveals that traditional assumptions about residents’ relationships and origins ...
A new study finds that the disturbance-demanding plant species oak, hazel and yew were abundant in Europe's forests before modern humans arrived, strengthening the argument that ancient vegetation was ...
Compared to the great apes, humans have an exceptionally long childhood, during which parents, grandparents and other adults contribute to their physical and cognitive development. This is a key ...
A collection of perforated pebbles from an archaeological site in Israel may be spindle whorls, representing a key milestone ...
The oldest known tablet inscribed with the Ten Commandments from the Old Testament is expected to fetch up to $2 million when ...
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