In January, while examining ancient texts at Italy’s National Central Library of Florence, historian Ivan Malara found an ...
A layer of rock just 520 million years old sat directly on top of ancient rock dating back 1.4 to 1.8 billion years.
Treponema pallidum, a microorganism that can cause a deadly sexually transmitted disease in humans, may have a far more ancient lineage than scientists once thought The first recorded venereal ...
Researchers found a tiny bottle from ancient Rome that contained fecal residue and traces of aromatics, offering evidence ...
What’s the first thing you notice when you step into a museum? Is it the long-faded colors of ancient artifacts from all around the world or the hushed sounds of visitors discussing what they see?
Archaeologists in Spain have uncovered an elephant bone from 2,200 years ago, and they believe it belonged to an animal that served as a “war machine” in an army sent to invade the Roman Republic.