The ancient city of Pompeii is one of those archaeological sites that keeps on giving with one discovery after another. While much of what we know about the Roman settlement comes from the eruption of ...

People in North America adopted the bow and arrow as replacement weapons for the dart and atlatl about 1400 years ago, ...

The Archimedes screw, an ancient Greek invention for lifting water. Learn about its origins, how it works, and its modern applications.

Could ancient humans really have built the pyramids without extraterrestrial help? Or do such questions reveal more about modern anxieties than the past itself?

From Viking heritage to the birth of Denmark and its conversion to Christianity, a trip from Jutland to Zealand reveals a wealth of history Once upon a time, there was a Viking king. He prayed to Thor ...

After the recent avalanche of historical exhibitions which have stretched the “immersive” beyond the point of plausibility, is Vikings worth the trek to Dock X?

The dust-covered relic emerges from the earth, promising to rewrite history books and challenge everything we thought we knew about the past. For centuries, ...

A routine construction project in Poland may have revealed Jomsborg, the legendary Viking city lost to history. Was the ...

Students at a prestigious university in the United Kingdom recently unearthed a likely execution pit on the outskirts of town — dating back 1,200 years. The University of Cambridge announced the ...

Each of the 32 teams in the National Football League has the same goal: to win a championship. In a league where every yard matters, teams are searching for any possible advantage they can employ to ...

ROME (AP) — One of the best-preserved ancient Roman homes on the Palatine Hill is opening to the public for the first time, albeit via a livestreamed tour of its hard-to-reach underground frescoes and ...