An international team of researchers has recently completed the first comprehensive mapping of the seafloor of Bikini Atoll, ...
One of the most fascinating and perhaps lesser-known stories of Rome’s history is that of Pallantium (in ancient Greek ...
View of the submerged site of Gran Carro di Bolsena. Credit: Egidio Severi / Soprintendenza Archeologia, Belle Arti e Paesaggio per la provincia di Viterbo e per l'Etruria Meridionale In the heart of ...
The painting of the dicynodont made by the San people of South Africa. Credit: Julien Benoit In the rugged landscapes of South Africa, ancient rock art panels created by the San people—one of the ...
In a recent article titled How the Dutch Ate Their Prime Minister in 1672, we recounted a military event carried out by the navy of the Netherlands that occurred in 1667: a bold naval incursion in ...
Conquest of Sealand by the Kassites, in a modern illustration. Credit: Public domain / Wikimedia Commons Hammurabi, the sixth king of the First Dynasty of Babylon, is not only remembered for his ...
A recently published study by Ella Kirsh from Brown University analyzes shorthand manuals from antiquity preserved in papyri and wax tablets, revealing the complexity and diversity of stenographers’ ...
The archaeological excavation in ancient Fregellae uncovered the oldest known villa in the region to date. Credit: Dominik Maschek / LEIZA Recent archaeological excavations at the ancient site of ...
A team of international researchers, co-led by the University of Cambridge, has used the powerful James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to observe a galaxy from the early universe that is undergoing a ...
Although the general idea is that the Ottomans and Barbary corsairs limited their naval raids to the Mediterranean, this is a mistake, as ships and even entire fleets dared to pass through the Pillars ...
As part of the Loire Riverbed Rebalancing Program, carried out by Voies Navigables de France (VNF), the National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research (Inrap) conducted two excavations ...