DNA extracted from roughly 3,000-year-old skull found on the island of Vanuatu (shown here) reveals that the first people to settle Polynesia came from Taiwan or northern Philippines. The skull was found inside a vessel made by the Lapita, the ancient cul
Archaeologists are mapping the location of sling bullets on an ancient battlefield to learn more about an assault by the Roman army on native defenders at a hill fort in Scotland more than 1,800 years ago.
A rare discovery of four gold rings in the tomb of a wealthy Bronze Age warrior undisturbed for 3,500 years prompts a new consideration of Greek history, report archaeologists.
An ancient city gate and shrine that King Hezekiah ordered to be destroyed during the eighth century B.C., according to the Hebrew Bible, are seeing the light of day following an excavation in Israel, archaeologists reported.
An ancient Mayan document long thought to be a forgery was recently found to be genuine. The text, known as the Grolier Codex, was analyzed by researchers from Yale, Brown, and the University of California, Riverside, and, according to their results, is t
A bloody assault by Roman legions on a hill fort in Scotland around 1,800 years ago is being pieced together using the remains of Roman missile weapons that were used in the attack.
A series of royal enamelware debuted at the Beijing Design Week on Friday, givingvisitors a glimpse of the rare porcelains used only by the imperial family over300 years ago.
Four hundred years ago, when WilliamShakespeare was writing his sonnets with a quill, Tang Xianzu was recording verses with abrush nearly 6,000 kilometers away.
The Mid-Autumn Festival, the day for enjoying the moon and immersing in nostalgia for the past, is drawing near. When you look up at the vast sky, the moon and millions of stars, what you have known is the stars are as far as several billion light-years a
The Great Isaiah ScrollCredit: The Israel Museum, JerusalumThe Great Isaiah Scroll is one of the original seven Dead Sea Scrolls discovered in Qumran in 1947. It is the best preserved of the scrolls, and is nearly complete.The Great Isaiah Scroll, Transla
On the afternoon of September 8th, with the team of more than 20 off-road vehicles returning to Kashi in Xinjiang, 2016 “the Silk Road- Kunlun River source route” comprehensive expedition since September 1st completely ended.
In a significant archaeological achievement, an ancient Hebrew scroll that was burned in a fire in the distant past and was seemingly impenetrable has finally become readable— and scientists have discovered that it contains verses from the book of Levitic
Researchers observed long gash in the skull of an ancient skeleton Remains date back to the 1200s, before Europeans came with metal blades The study suggests the wounds were caused by sharp wooden weapons They say fighting boomerangs or sharpened clubs
A series of photos presenting China's Yuanmingyuan, or the Old Summer Palace, are ahit online. The pictures were taken by British photographer Felice Beato and GermanErnst Ohlmer. There also are detailed illustrations of the site based on thephotographs.
An international team of researchers has identified hundreds of proteins in skin and muscle samples from 4,200-year-old Egyptian mummies, finding signs of diseases that may have caused their death.
