The history of life on Earth dates back more than 500 million years, when complex-structured organisms emerged during the ...

The Lombardy region has been the site of an exceptional archaeological discovery: a series of petroglyphs found on Pizzo ...

Andriake, located on the southwestern coast of Anatolia (in present-day Demre, Turkey), was the main port of ancient Myra, ...

Mercury is a highly toxic chemical element, and although it is dangerous in its elemental form, it becomes especially harmful ...

In 1911, an extraordinary archaeological discovery was made in the small coastal town of Clacton-on-Sea (Essex, England).

A recent study published in Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences explores the development and unique characteristics ...

Gladiator-shaped knife handle found in Hadrian's Wall Credit: English Heritage In the waters of the river near the Roman town ...

If we asked who the wealthiest person in the world was in the first half of the 19th century, many would likely think of Queen Victoria or an American multimillionaire like Vanderbilt, Rockefeller, ...

At a time when the passage of time was dictated by the movement of the sun and the seasons, the introduction of “clock time” ...

In a context marked by water scarcity and collective despair, the mass offering of children sacrificed to the god of rain, ...

The remains of the sole of the Roman caliga, with the nails still in their original arrangement. Credit: J. Mühlenbrock / LWL During recent renovations of a playground near the wall of the ancient ...