New, almost life-size statues discovered in a necropolis in Pompeii. Details about the possible Roman priestess.

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A newly spotlighted artifact from ancient Mesopotamia is offering a rare window into how one of the world’s earliest ...

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For bishops and archbishops, the liturgical clothes for a funeral include the alb, a white tunic held by a traditional cord ...

A discovery in an English garden led to the first direct evidence that man fought beast to entertain the subjects of the ...

Later aridification turned this region into the world's largest desert. Due to the extreme aridity of the region today, DNA preservation is poor, making this pioneering ancient DNA study ... from ...

Archaeologists solved the mystery of the ruins of the Desolate Castle, determining that the mysterious site on the Danube ...

'Ecce Homo' (Behold the Man), by 19th-century painter Antonio Ciseri, depicts Pontius Pilate presenting Jesus to a crowd in Jerusalem. Tungsten/Galleria d'Arte Moderna via Wikimedia Commons ...

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An ancient jawbone discovered in Taiwan belonged to an enigmatic group of early human ancestors called Denisovans, scientists reported Thursday. Relatively little is known about Denisovans ...

Archaeologists excavating the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the ancient church in Jerusalem situated where Jesus Christ was crucified and buried, recently found evidence of ancient olive trees and ...