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Reviving ancient flavors, scientists brew beer using yeast from 3,000-year-old pottery.
Archaeologists don't know who wrote it but the rare find is a reminder that writing has always been a tool of convenience.
New study reveals how neanderthals' cooking habits could explain missing archaeological evidence.
The artifacts tell us a lot about life in medieval times in the area.
Skeletons of people trapped and killed in buildings by earthquakes during the Vesuvius eruption could reveal a better picture of this ancient destruction.
CT scans reveal intricate design of Roman medical instruments used 2,000 years ago.
Intriguingly, one of the figures shown in the burial murals looks like a "Westerner".
A technological shift from bone awls to threaded needles may have paved the way for fashion (and also the first underwear).
How was popcorn discovered? An archaeologist on its likely appeal for people in the Americas millennia ago.
The oldest computer in the world is revealing its secrets.
The same ritual was also described until the 19th century.
These children are South America's earliest known victims of a deadly bone infection caused by the smallpox virus.
Perhaps we may learn a thing or two from these people.
Some of the first U.S. president’s fruit preserves are remarkably intact, and there’s a chance they could grow new trees.
It's the only surviving lorica squamata armor found thus far.
The stunning discovery off Israel's coast challenges previous understanding of ancient maritime navigation.
The Minoans are also famous for building the labyrinth which, according the legend, housed the Minotaur.
This "new" diet has been around for thousands of years.
The study revealed genetic ties between ancient Maya child sacrifices at Chichén Itzá and modern descendants, offering new insight into their rituals and disease resistance.
King Ghezo may have used the blood of his enemies as a construction material.
An archaeologist explains his motivations and strategies for appearing on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast with a purveyor of misinformation about the ancient past.
Roman society was very violent — and the children drew what they saw.
Treating cancer was beyond the capabilities of physicians from antiquity, but they still tried their best.
The specters of war have haunted soldiers since humans first waged war on one another.
These cities had a lot of gardens and green spaces in between homes and other buildings
It's an important puzzle piece in showing how the pyramids were built.
We're uncovering Egyptian relics without a single shovel.
“We think of ballcourts today as a place of entertainment. It wasn’t that way for the ancient Maya,” researchers said.
The soundscape is so impressive that researchers wonder if the communities were built to match the acoustics.
The lavish tomb may contain secrets about the last years of the once mighty Chu state.
A third of the city is still unexplored.
When a new Mayan ruler came onto the scene, he wanted a clean slate.
The island was once connected to the Australian mainland.
Three Viking women's skulls reshaped 1,000 years ago intrigue scientists.
Archaeologists in Turkey have 'risen' to the occasion, discovering the world's oldest fermented bread at Çatalhöyük
Very little research has been conducted in the area.
An investigation spanning decades has revealed a strange pattern of violence during the Neolithic.
When archaeologists were called to survey a site ahead of housing development, they got more than they bargained for.
They look just like the real thing.
Ancient art and dinosaur footprints in Brazil hint at early human fascination with prehistoric giants.
This is no fluke. There are thousands of such brains well-preserved by natural processes.
This mass grave has skeletons of men, women, and children arranged as if these people were buried in a rush, but why?
Some 7,700 years ago, these people were using canoes to sail the Mediterranean.
New research suggests Ötzi's tattoos were made by hand-poking.
This may have been the Bronze Age, but craftsmen in Spain somehow got their hands on meteorite iron.
This luxurious Bronze Age lipstick tube has a unique design, and It was also possibly one of the earliest branded lipsticks.
Neanderthals crafted sophisticated adhesives from ochre and bitumen.
After farmers wiped out the native hunter-gathers, they too would be replaced by nomadic people from the far east.
Hidden within Kenya's scenic landscapes, ancient mancala boards etched into rock surfaces tell a tale of communal play and cultural continuity from over 5,000 years ago.
A chewing gum can tell us a lot about things like what our ancestors consumed, and how much they took care of their teeth.
