In 1954, archaeologists in India discovered the ancient lost city of Lothal. What was life like in this city, and what ...

The "Ringed Lady" of Herculaneum is one of the most important discoveries from the ancient city that was buried by the ...

where it will be studied and preserved Sarah Kuta In addition to the 1,800-year-old piece of engraved jewelry, archaeologists discovered a trove of Carolingian coins, medieval pottery and more ...

Ancient DNA can reveal such details as the ancestry, sex and age of a long-dead person. But the biological material degrades over time, and in Pompeii, the DNA could have been further damaged by ...

analysis of ancient DNA helped fill knowledge gaps and change preconceived notions. A prime example is how aDNA research is reframing the way people understand the archaeological site of Pompeii ...

An ancient Iranian god of the sun, originally called Mithra, Mithras was absorbed into Greco-Roman belief as the central figure for a mysterious cult that worshipped him between the 1st and 4th ...

And perhaps none of the other narratives meant to illuminate who perished together in the ancient eruption of Mount ... When the residents of Pompeii died in a shower of hot ash and rocks erupting ...

The ancient Egyptians celebrated the new year in a variety of ways, including having feasts, giving gifts, and exposing statues of gods to sunlight so they could be "regenerated." When you ...

Promise. The new year is rapidly approaching, and that means it's time to start talking about what 2025 jewelry trends are going to dominate your Pinterest feeds and TikTok For You Pages (at least ...

Karl Mischke … in discussing the origin of the Arabic numerals, points out that the Roman numerals from 1 to 10 originated from the primitive custom of reckoning on the fingers of the two hands ...

Frozen Antarctica Walloped by Climate Extremes. Credit: Horacio Lyon / Flickr / CC BY-NC 2.0 An ancient hidden “world” has been uncovered deep beneath the thick ice of Antarctica. Named Lake Enigma, ...