Archaeologists recently discovered a massive 2,000-year-old stone basin in ancient Gabii, Italy, revealing early Roman public architecture from Rome's powerful rival city.

Italian archaeologists, working with Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Directorate of Archaeology, have discovered eight new ...

Mesopotamians, the ancient inhabitants of the land between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, are credited for many firsts in ...

Long before there were maps or names for continents, a handful of people stood at the edge of the world. Picture them on a ...

In regards to the basin, it likely had a ceremonial use, based on finds of pottery and oil lamps discovered very nearby.

The Stone Superstructure produces only 6,443kg of CO2 – less than 3% of the others. The stone is cut from quarries and in ...

The term “bugonia” is an ancient one referring to the idea that bees could be spontaneously generated from the body of a dead ...

Digging into the dry soil of a field in southern Germany, archaeologists hit some rocks and painstakingly unearthed a massive stone structure. They’d expected to find something at this site — but what ...

Ancient Greeks encoded the secrets of their civilization in ways hidden in plain sight, shaping a legacy that endures through ...

Now at the Kimbell Art Museum, this exhibition is the first in the U.S. to display works from a vast, vital Italian collection, featuring sculptures that reflect Roman innovation and ambition.

The Old Kingdom Sun Temple at Abu Ghorub is home to massive stone artifacts that appear to bear signs of advanced machining.

Archaeology here is not treasure hunting. It is slow, careful work. It is listening to stones that speak in small details. Think of a dig like a layered cake… You slice it one layer at a time. If you ...