When we think about cutting-edge technology, we usually picture Silicon Valley startups or futuristic labs. But here's the ...

Researchers are using X-rays to discover invisible markings left on ancient parchment containing information from the Greek ...

Synchrotron radiation has revealed a star map made by the ancient astronomer Hipparchus that was thought to be lost to time ...

The Antikythera Mechanism was a hand-cranked system of interlocking bronze gears designed to model the heavens. Turning the crank revealed the positions of the Sun, Moon, and the five planets visible ...

Archaeologists in Tamil Nadu uncover India’s longest Iron Age iron spear, an 8-foot weapon revealing early metalworking skill ...

Archaeologists have uncovered the oldest known handheld wooden tools, dating back 430,000 years, at the Marathousa 1 site in ...

What’s particularly exciting about finds like this is that we just so rarely have wood preserved for that long,” the study’s lead author told NBC News.

These 430,000-year-old wooden tools from Greece are a rare find and provide a glimpse at the technical know-how of our early ...

ROME (AP) — One of the best-preserved ancient Roman homes on the Palatine Hill is opening to the public for the first time, albeit via a livestreamed tour of its hard-to-reach underground frescoes and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Colosseum Archeological Park guide Valentina uses a head-mounted device to livestream a guided tour for the press of the ...

If you were to visit a bookshop in the ancient world, what would it be like? You don't just have to imagine it. The ancient Roman writer Aulus Gellius, who lived in the 2nd century CE, gives us a ...

Recent excavations in the ancient Etruscan city of Vulci revealed the head of a marble statue that appears to have Greek influence. The head belongs to a kore, statues made in the images of young ...