Even around 5,000 years after their embalming, Strlič and collaborators described the bodies as smelling “pleasant.” This is ...

Sticks found in a cave that date back 12,000 years and other archaeological evidence show how humans have long viewed the future in a similar way to us, says Annalee Newitz ...

Archaeological evidence shows the Magdalenian people from 18,000 years ago likely were engaged in cannibalism. As part of the ...

Join archaeologist ‪Darius Arya‬ as he takes you on an immersive journey through the sports and entertainment venues of ancient Rome. From the grandeur of the Circus Maximus to the iconic ...

DNA Evidence Rewrites Story of People Buried in Pompeii ... 52,000-year-old woolly mammoth -- the first time such a feat has been achieved for any ancient DNA sample.

Titled "Ancient Life," it tells the story of what life was like in what is now New Mexico 300 million years ago in the Paleozoic Era, when it was near the Equator, next to multipl ...

By Elisabetta Povoledo Reporting from Rome The archaeologists who recently excavated a private bath complex in a luxurious villa in the ancient city ... affluent classes. People would have been ...

A new study claims to have identified the first speakers of Indo-European language, which gave rise to English, Sanskrit and ...