A digital architectural reconstruction has researchers believing a “lost Pompeii” existed with towers atop villas.

Architects also praise rammed earth’s high thermal mass—insulative properties that regulate a building’s indoor temperature.

Amongst the most enduring mythical creatures, which were present in so many ancient cultures, are the dragons. Appearing frequently in folklore and tales from China in the east to Europe in the west, ...

Modern tools and good old-fashioned digging revealed royal tombs, World War II shipwrecks, and the oldest Egyptian genome ...

Ancient Egypt lasted thousands of years, yet much of its knowledge vanished. Entire dynasties collapsed, leaving gaps historians still struggle to fill. Technologies, beliefs, and records were lost ...

Archaeologists recently found the lost ruins of a ceremonial temple—covered in sand and 4,000 to 5,000 years old—in ...

Nearby what was thought to be the oldest known astrological observatory in the Western Hemisphere, archaeologists discovered ...

Dr. Linda Boutoille from Queens University Belfast conducted a meticulous examination of the bracelet using a high-resolution digital microscope, magnifying its surface up to 220 times. What she ...

Archaeologists have uncovered over 100 previously unknown structures in the remote Rio Abiseo National Park in Peru ...

Clues from a digital reconstruction of a lavish ancient home are changing how researchers understand Pompeii’s elite.

The Constantinian Excerpts show how Constantine VII’s court reorganized Greek historiography into a 53‑volume thematic ...

Archaeologists have long known that complex societies can rise, flourish and then disappear so completely that only scattered ruins hint at what was lost. Now a new wave of research is sharpening the ...