While slaves in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii were considered no more than "speaking tools", some received better food ...

In the Ecuadorian Andes, young Otavalo Indigenous people are using anime to inspire pride in their culture and language.

In a recent study, researcher Dr. Hui Zhou and his colleagues conducted a genetic analysis of the genomes of individuals ...

Historians have long debated the height of Ancient Greeks, imagining either towering heroes or smaller-than-modern people.

New archaeological evidence is helping rewrite old myths about disabled people in the ancient world.

Cornwall has several stone circles, and as many as 800 sit across the United Kingdom, remnants of prehistoric people who ...

Many of the ancient southern Africans, including those who lived between about 10,200 and 1,400 years ago, "fall outside the ...

By working closely with the objects, students will learn how to become archeological detectives and engage with the process ...

For thousands of years, the pomegranate has been an important food and medicine not only in Greece, but also in many other ...

As far as kitchen staples, you don’t really get much better than olive oil. It can do it all—jazz up a salad, sauté vegetables, add a nice crisp to some noodles, and more. Humans have been using olive ...

Clues from a digital reconstruction of a lavish ancient home are changing how researchers understand Pompeii’s elite.

Archaeologists in Turkey have just uncovered a shopping list,one that’s 3,500 years old. The discovery, made at the ancient ...