A skeleton recovered from a Roman-era cemetery in England may mark the first physical evidence of combat between gladiators ...

This week, a string of archaeological studies lend insight into Roman gladiators, an ancient crocodile-like beast, and a ...

In antiquity and now, inconsistency and illogicality lie at the heart of the human effort to imagine what happens when we’re ...

Excavations on unpromising mounds in the Iraqi desert revealed Sumer’s earliest city. Surviving relics and a rebuilt temple ...

Researchers compared puncture marks on an 1,800-year-old skeleton in the UK to various animal bites, and concluded that the ...

Celts drank Greek wine according to a recent study of ceramic containers which have been excavated from a hillfort site in ...

Evidence of a similar vessel appears on an ancient Greek vase featuring the infamous Homeric character, Odysseus, tied to its ...

While Athens and Sparta dominate the history book, there are lesser-known ancient Greek city-states that contributed to Greek ...

A massive stone tomb in Peru holding 24 battle-scarred skeletons is shedding light on a mysterious pre-Inca civilization, ...

Human skeletons from a large stone tomb may help archaeologists understand a mysterious pre-Inca population in Peru.

Archaeologists in West Texas have made an astonishing discovery which sheds light on the lives of prehistoric humans in America, Ancient Origins reported. Researchers with the Center for Big Bend ...

Two Nevada men are facing a year in prison and fines of up to $100,000 each for pushing ancient rock formations off a cliff at the Lake Mead National Recreation Area. Following a two-day trial ...