Clues from a digital reconstruction of a lavish ancient home are changing how researchers understand Pompeii’s elite.

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An immense Bronze Age settlement has emerged from the Kazakh Steppe, revealing a surprisingly urban and industrial society ...

Sometimes it’s hard to tell if a closeup of undulating rocks – they resemble heaving ocean waves – is the result of industry ...

Archaeologists suspect the ancient society carried out two types of human sacrifices – one that involved mass burials of men ...

For most of Europe’s history, the people who lived there did not resemble the pale figures often shown in history books. New ...

Joe Rogan called Indias Kailasa Temple impossible after learning the massive structure was carved top-down from a single rock ...

Joe Rogan can’t stop raving about India’s Kailasa Temple, an 8th-century rock-cut wonder carved from a single mountain, known ...

Painters, patrons of region chose themes taken from demanding Sanskrit mahakavyas, epics, grand Puranas and subtle theories ...

Vuon Chuoi (Banana Garden), an archaeological site in Hanoi’s Hoai Duc commune discovered in 1969, vividly reflects the ...

Scientists believe they have finally established the truth behind one of the world’s greatest deep sea mysteries. Back in 2011, Swedish explorers Peter Lindberg and Denis Asberg were combing the ...

Retroviruses are viruses that have evolved the ability to write their genetic code into a cell's own DNA. The most ancient known lineage of retroviruses, foamy viruses, emerged around 450 million ...