A thousand-year-old Viking ship, the only taxidermied blue whale in the world, and a 1,087-page manuscript with each page ...

The Great Ziggurat of Ur rose above one of Mesopotamia’s most powerful cities, a major center of trade, religion, and royal authority founded around 5,800 years ago in southern Iraq. Built for the ...

Archaeology is the discipline that keeps on giving. We might think that we know enough about history already, but every now ...

Apparently, this approach for remembering grocery lists, house chores, deliveries, and the like was also a huge part of life for ancient Egyptians living over 2,000 years ago—something for which ...

Despite the city’s exposure to repeated floods over centuries, the preservation of its walls and urban fabric is described as unexpectedly good.

Archaeologists have uncovered the likely location of a lost city founded by Alexander the Great, revealing a remarkably preserved Hellenistic trade hub hidden beneath the sands of Iraq.

According to Hauser, the research project was initiated in 2016 under the leadership of British archaeologists Jane Moon, Robert Killick, and Stuart Campbell.

The ancient city was founded in the 4th century BC as a port linking trade from India with Mesopotamia and the Mediterranean world, and it fell into obscurity after the 3rd century AD ...

The price of covering a room in the prized pigment was equal to between 50% and 90% of a Roman legionary's annual salary, a ...

Archaeologists discovered a 3,000 BC board game in southern Russia that may represent one of the earliest known chess predecessors.

Archaeologists have confirmed the location of a long-lost city founded by Alexander the Great — a once-thriving trade hub ...

Archaeologists say they’ve finally pinpointed the site of a long-lost city founded by Alexander the Great - a bustling port ...