A remarkable ceramic vessel discovered beneath the waters off Alexandria, Egypt, may represent the earliest known reference to Jesus Christ outside of Christian scripture.

Imagine organizing a festival so massive that people would drive livestock hundreds of miles to attend - without roads, GPS, or even the wheel.

Konstantine Panegyres/The ConversationThe ancient Greek orator Dio Chrysostom (1st-2nd century CE) said in his speech To the People of Alexandria that there were two kinds of democracy: one good and o ...

During routine conservation work at the ancient Palazzone Necropolis in Perugia, Italy, archaeologists have uncovered a remarkable travertine urn that challenges conventional understanding of Etruscan ...

Aboriginal Australian culture has long been recognized as humanity's oldest continuous living culture, with scientific literature estimating their arrival on the continent at 65,000 years ago.

This is partly because early Slavic communities left behind rather little for archaeologists to find: they practiced cremation, built simple houses, and produced plain, undecorated pottery. Perhaps ...

Adeline Morez Jacobs/The ConversationA group of scientists has sequenced the genome of a man who was buried in Egypt around 4,500 years ago.

Archaeologists excavating the ancient Greek city of Aigai in western Turkey have uncovered a remarkable temple dedicated to Demeter, goddess of agriculture and fertility, containing nearly 1,000 minia ...

Jane Kershaw/The ConversationIn the archaeology galleries of the Yorkshire Museum, an incredible Viking silver neck-ring takes centre stage.

Rakhmat rock shelter have unearthed what could be the world's oldest arrowheads, dating back an astonishing 80,000 years.

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