For decades, one of the most widely accepted theories in archaeology and the social sciences held that the introduction of ...

In 2013, in the municipality of Arcos de Valdevez, located in the northern Portuguese region of Alto Minho, the União das ...

In the summer of 2024, during rescue excavations linked to the installation of an electric cable in the municipality of ...

An international team of scientists has successfully identified for the first time, with direct genetic evidence, the ...

A charred loaf of bread found in Pompeii. Credit: Parco archeologico di Pompei This methodology, which examines atomic variations imperceptible to the naked eye, has made it possible to decipher what ...

At nearly 10,000 meters below sea level, where darkness is absolute, the pressure is crushing, and the temperature barely rises above freezing, a team of Chinese scientists has documented vibrant and ...

The wall of the oppidum of Gergovia recently excavated. Credit: Romary / Wikimedia Commons After completing his consulship in 58 BCE, Caesar was appointed proconsul of Cisalpine Gaul and Illyricum, ...

Excavations at the Roman Villa del Casale, one of the most important archaeological sites in Italy, have revealed new findings of structures and mosaics, among which is one depicting two sandals whose ...

At the Institute of Condensed Matter Physics at the Technical University of Darmstadt, a team of researchers has achieved a feat that until now had remained beyond experimental reach: measuring the ...

A team of archaeologists from the University of Copenhagen has found that in Murayghat, Jordan, a fascinating Early Bronze Age site (approximately 5,000 years ago), human groups gathered to honor ...

Although the mechanism by which lightning strikes the ground has long been understood, the exact process that triggers its formation within storm clouds had remained one of the great mysteries of ...

If you look closely, throughout history men have dressed almost the same as women in terms of variety of garments, color, and sophistication. It’s only recently that the two sexes have differed ...