Were Greece's Neolithic Dimini people responsible for the violent conquest of the Sesklo people, or did the two communities ...

Stromatolites might look like rocks. But they are living relics of ancient systems that thrived on Earth billions of years ...

Construction on Rome's Metro C has uncovered spectacular Roman ruins, and its new "archaeo-stations" are giving visitors a ...

Construction on Rome's Metro C has uncovered spectacular Roman ruins, and its new "archaeo-stations" are giving visitors a whole new way to experience the city's ancient past.

Four of the original ancient Herculaneum papyri, scrolls buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D., are on display ...

A new analysis of classical medical texts suggests dementia was extremely rare in Ancient Greece and Rome 2,000 to 2,500 years ago.

Pope worked in the U.K.'s Ministry of Defense for decades, covering a range of areas from defense policy to unidentified ...

Flea-borne typhus is related to another similar bacteria responsible for plagues that devastated populations in world history ...

As the cave was over 100 kilometres from the coast when the pendant was made 15,000 years ago, it suggests that ancient ...

Scientists are tracing back the history of dogs using the oldest genes from the species ever studied ...

UFO expert Nick Pope, best known for his appearances on the History Channel’s “Ancient Aliens,” has died. He was 60 years old ...