Exploration goes beyond the pursuit of knowledge
Archaeologists excavating one of England’s earliest medieval leprosy hospitals have uncovered traces of square structures that may reveal how people with the disease lived around…
A mysterious wooden ship resting at the bottom of Portugal’s Arade River has emerged in unprecedented detail, giving archaeologists their clearest look yet at a…
A small bronze weapon discovered on a mountainside in South Korea has been identified as the oldest known gunpowder firearm found in the country, providing…
A new search for Amelia Earhart’s lost plane has begun nearly 90 years after the pioneering aviator vanished over the Pacific. This time, archaeologists are…
More than 2,500 years ago, Babylonian school tablets were part of a demanding education built around copying signs, words and texts again and again. Instead…
More than a thousand years ago, an English traveler arriving in Rome could reach the area beside the Vatican and St Peter’s and find a…
More than 3,600 years ago, someone in Central Anatolia handled an object that would have been extraordinary even by the standards of the Bronze Age:…
For four years, archaeologists excavating a Roman village northwest of ancient Aquincum have been reconstructing the practical side of life there through houses, pottery, tools…
What did a comfortable bed look like nearly 2,000 years ago in northern Europe? An unusual discovery inside ancient graves in Poland may offer part…
