The ancient Greeks wore a variety of hats to protect them from the elements and to act as aesthetic embellishments ...

A UMass Amherst student accidentally discovered a liquid that defied laws and repeatedly formed the shape of ancient Greek ...

An Antiques Roadshow expert surprised a guest when he revealed the staggering value of a pair of chairs that he had been ...

POTTERY sherds, when they occur, are some of the most useful 'fossils' the prehistorian can have to deal with. When the are found with an industry, one can be almost certain that they are ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Ancient hominins may have used naturally occurring volcanic rock spheres as tools for over a million years. These basalt spheres, found at Pleistocene sites in ...

The layer with Egyptian and Greek pottery fragments described in the latest study is among several layers that date from after 732 B.C., when records indicate Megiddo was conquered by the Neo ...

The tomb was found within an ancient ... on pottery shards — that discuss commercial transactions and how taxes were paid, the ministry reported. The ostraca were written in Greek and Demotic ...

Marble sculpture of the Greek god Apollo from the 2nd century AD. Credit: Reuters. For centuries, the stark white marble statues of ancient Greece and Rome have stood as timeless symbols of ...

All modern humans share DNA from two ancient populations that split 1.5 million years ago ... The funders weren’t involved in study design, data collection and analysis, publication decisions, or ...

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At Ancient Origins, we believe that one of the most important fields of knowledge we can pursue as human beings is our beginnings. And while some people may seem content with the story as it stands, ...

Although experts have analyzed the carving, it's possible that its origins could rest in the ancient Bronze Age or ... including pottery fragments, kitchen utensils, and an arrowhead dated to ...