While Alexander the Great evokes widespread popular perception, he was a talented military strategist who defeated Persian ...

A jug holding a vast number of Roman coins was found during an excavation at a French village. Credit: Simon Ritz/Inrap. Archaeologists in northeastern France have uncovered an an ...

The archaeologists behind the video believe the man covered his head with a bowl to protect himself from volcanic debris.

Introduction -- Science, art and archaeology -- Scientific study of archaeological materials during the Chinese Song Dynasty : a Shen Kua case study -- The role of science in western Chinese jade ...

What archaeological discoveries are considered newsworthy by U.S. media outlets and audiences? A new analysis of "pop-science" reporting reveals topical and regional disparities, including an apparent ...

Archaeological science integrates laboratory-based analyses, field-survey techniques and computational methods to recover, characterise and interpret traces of past human activity. Drawing on physics, ...

Research into a Neolithic settlement called Motza revealed the earliest known use of dolomitic lime plaster. The Motza plaster predates the better-known Roman plaster by 8,000 years, rewriting the ...

Ancient Egyptians were known to have covered mummies in aromatic oils and resins to mask the smell of death and preserve the bodies for eternity. When researchers analyzed remnants of volatile ...

In early November 1927, the front pages of newspapers all over France featured photographs not of the usual politicians, aviators or sporting events, but of a group of archaeologists engaged in ...

The remarkable discoveries include the best-preserved early image of Jesus discovered near the Turkish city of Iznik ...

What archaeological discoveries are considered newsworthy by U.S. media outlets and audiences? A new analysis of “pop-science” reporting reveals topical and regional disparities, including an apparent ...