In a hillside cemetery in southern Italy, the bones of a small Bronze Age community have yielded a secret that their stone graves never hinted at. Ancient DNA pulled from those remains has exposed a ...

Learn more about the people who once used Grotta della Monaca as a sacred burial site.

Opium use may have been widespread in ancient Egyptian culture—including potentially among notable kings. Yale researchers found chemical traces of opiates in an ancient alabaster vase at the Peabody ...

According to local outlets Agerpres and CanCan, Khalifa, 38, was sentenced by the Constanța Court of Appeal on Thursday, Dec. 18, for "committing the crime of possession of high-risk drugs, without ...

Trapped gases in 1.4 billion-year-old salt crystals reveal ancient secrets about oxygen and carbon dioxide levels on early ...

History has seen many waves of Egyptomania but, until the 19th century, scholars remained baffled by the many repeated symbols and motifs wrapped around every new find, from majestic monuments to ...

In a Nov. 6 Facebook post, the Pompeii Archaeological Park said the ceramic situla, or vase, was found in the Thermopolium in Regio V, an ancient snack bar. “The glazed vessel, usually found in the ...

In a city filled to the brim with iconic buildings of both the ancient and not-so-ancient variety, the Colosseum of Rome stands apart from the rest. The ancient stadium, an arched, elliptical arena, ...

Ancient Romans had a big appetite for a certain kind of fish sauce – and a new study is revealing exactly what went into it. Researcher Gonçalo Themudo published his findings in the journal Antiquity ...

Beneath Paris’ grand boulevard lies a hidden history filled with buried secrets, ancient passageways, and forgotten worlds. For adventurous travelers and history enthusiasts alike, these underground ...

Penn State scientists uncovered an ancient bacterial defense where dormant viral DNA helps bacteria fight new viral threats. The enzyme PinQ flips bacterial genes to create protective proteins that ...