Keeladi, discovered in 2014, has become a focal point of political and cultural debate in Tamil Nadu, showcasing a ...

Fire is an ancient technology that has helped shape human evolution. Our ancestors used fire for safety, cooking and preserving food. They gathered around a flickering fire to share stories, pass on ...

Researchers had long understood that tattooing was a cultural practice in Nubia, a region along the Nile. However, poor ...

For decades, research and understanding of the diverse bone raw material used by the Late Prehispanic Period (~1220 to 330 ...

The mysterious Lycurgus Cup is a convincing artifact indicating that, possibly unbeknownst to them, the ancient Romans used ...

Archaeologists excavating sites on Russia's Taman Peninsula have uncovered remarkable evidence of ancient innovation—carefully crafted bone skates made from horse bones that enabled ancient peoples to ...

A $2.3 million restoration is using advanced laser technology to clean and preserve the 1,840-year-old Rome’s Column of ...

The findings, which were published December 9 in the journal Nature Communications, are the clearest evidence of mixing ...

We are cavemen piloting a spaceship, driven by ancient fears in a world of technology. One resolution could change everything ...

Ancient Nubian civilizations practiced something that might shock modern sensibilities - they tattooed the faces of infants and toddlers as young as seven months old. A new study using advanced ...

In her transdisciplinary Media Art Xploration series, science provides the data that art transforms into sensory and ...

Ancient Iran produced a range of technologies designed to survive extreme climates, including wind catchers, underground ...