More than a century ago, the scientist Alfred Wegener proposed the notion of an ancient supercontinent, which he named Pangaea (sometimes spelled Pangea), after putting together several lines of ...

How gladiators in ancient Anatolia lived to entertain the ... or that they originated from a specific background,” he says. Özüdoğru adds that there is also no direct evidence of enslavement ...

Archaeologists have long known that the Maya Lowlands, in the southernmost region of Mexico, harbors ancient urban settings (SN: 10/25/21). When archaeologist Luke Auld-Thomas, of Tulane ...

From gladiators to vomitoriums, delve into Rome’s most persistent myths and find out what really happened. A conservationist restores a Roman bust. Many Roman statues appear starkly white today.

He said ancient floods destroyed most of the burials’ wooden coffins and linen wrappings. However, some items such as jewelry in women’s burials were found intact, including a finely crafted ...

Then an ancient 14.5 kilometer-long wall was discovered at the site, according to research led by French archaeologist Guillaume Charloux published earlier this year. For a new study published in the ...

CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian authorities say archeologists from Egypt and the United States unearthed an ancient tomb with 11 sealed burials near the famed city of Luxor. In a statement Friday ...

The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, Türkiye is nothing more than ruins today. But in its heyday, it was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. The first Greek temple ever to be constructed ...

"In archaeology, it is very rare to have the find itself, its ancient description and its picture," Bartsiokas told Newsweek. "Here, we have all three, and the identification of Alexander's ...

Take cues from ancient wisdom and shift your mindset to transform your winter experience from daunting to delightful. People gather at Stonehenge to celebrate the winter solstice, an ancient ...