Herculaneum reveals Plato's secrets: his end reconstructed
Cutting-edge imaging techniques reveal the contents of a charred papyrus from Herculaneum: new details about Plato's life and his burial place.
Cutting-edge imaging techniques reveal the contents of a charred papyrus from Herculaneum: new details about Plato's life and his burial place.
1500-year-old remains in Argentina reveal a domesticated fox buried with its human, suggesting historic domestication.
The Blinkerwall, a stone megastructure discovered in the Baltic Sea, sheds light on Paleolithic hunting strategies.
Reading the Herculaneum Papyri with artificial intelligence begins to reveal lost works. The Vesuvius Challenge is won.
The integration of Neanderthal DNA into modern humans raises questions about our true evolutionary heritage.
We thought we had concluded this incredible year for archaeology, full of discoveries...
2023 has brought surprising discoveries in archaeology: they will question old beliefs about art, architecture and gender roles in ancient societies
The claim of a 27.000-year-old pyramid in Indonesia sparks a global debate and investigation into its historical legitimacy.
Archaeologists discover a network of Bronze Age sites that show advanced innovation and cooperation in a crucial era of history
Lidar technology reveals ancient structures in the Amazon, rewriting the history of the region.
An archaeological discovery proves it without any doubt: Pythagoras did not invent the famous theorem that today bears his name.
Rewriting History with Artificial Intelligence: AI Translation of Cuneiform Opens New Frontiers in Archaeology
Researchers bring to light a lost chapter of the Bible thanks to ultraviolet photography on Vatican manuscripts.
Stonehenge is not a solar calendar, but a memorial to the dead, according to a new study.
A new study opens up the possibility that prehistoric humans learned to navigate the Mediterranean nearly 500.000 years ago.
Deep learning allows scientists to "scour" the human genome, and leads to the discovery of a third ancestor besides Neanderthals and Denisovans. Who is?
Incredible discovery at an archaeological site in Israel dates the earliest evidence of fire control for cooking food back by more than 600.000 years
Given the due proportions, the discovery in Turkey could bring to light a small "Byzantine Pompeii".
A more precise dating method distorts our knowledge of evolution: the "cradle of humanity" in South Africa continues to amaze.
The red-hot ash that devastated Pompeii almost 2.000 years ago killed the inhabitants, but it also preserved many things: even their DNA.
An Egyptian royal mummy among the last to be undone has been scanned in detail for the first time.