The eruption of Mt. Vesuvius froze the ancient Roman city in time, giving modern-day humans a remarkable vision into the past ...

The dye used to color the robes was only worn by emperors and the wildly rich—so its use in the burials of two infants raised ...

The ancient funerary monument overturns an archaeological theory that’s been dominant for decades.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Often when people hear the word "archaeologist," they think of an iconic film character like Indiana Jones or Lara Croft. However, ...

The center opened to the public in April. Archaeologists at the living history village had to move millions of delicate, ...

Archaeologists have uncovered ancient Roman graves beneath a thriving Adriatic city, offering a glimpse into life long before ...

The selected Centres of Excellence will include principal investigators and co-investigators from nearly 20 collaborating ...

For decades, historians have generally agreed that the progress of small villages as they evolved into cities came at the ...

Archaeologists found the illegal distillery on a dig at Ben Lawers National Nature Reserve near Killin. New and exciting fossils emerge into the light of day on the Isle of Wight and the Jurassic ...

British archaeologists looking for evidence of prehistoric activity in the English county of Dorset discovered instead a mass grave holding 54 male skeletons. Oxford Archaeology Before construction ...

Pope's Tavern Museum will host its fourth annual Archaeology Day on Saturday, June 13 from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m.

Billions of years ago, a young spiral galaxy began to grow in a crowded part of the universe. It pulled in gas and small ...