While modern soldiers may not adopt the testudo formation as the legions of old did, many Roman innovations did lead to ...

Bones found at the site of an ancient fish-processing plant were used to genetically identify the species that went into a ...

The so-called "Baghdad Batteries" have been claimed to be an ancient, rudimentary way of storing power, but are they really ...

Roman salting plants processed fish so thoroughly that researchers struggle to identify the species once used in ancient ...

As our ancestors developed more advanced tools and cultural practices, they also developed new ways of explaining concepts to others – culminating in the emergence of complex language ...

Volunteers were baffled recently when they unearthed not one but two ancient shoes at a historic British site.

The ancient Roman medical tools studied in the University of Exeter’s Science, Heritage and Archaeology Digital 3D (SHArD 3D) Laboratory. The objects were originally found around 125 years ago ...

Mangled bones found at a one-time manufacturing facility pinpoint species used to make a quintessential condiment.