Britain saw centuries of economic growth under Roman rule
A hoard of Roman gold coins found below the floor of a Roman house in Corbridge, UKWorld History Archive/Alamy After the Romans conquered Britain in AD 43, the technologies and…
A hoard of Roman gold coins found below the floor of a Roman house in Corbridge, UKWorld History Archive/Alamy After the Romans conquered Britain in AD 43, the technologies and…
Ancient ritual stick discovered in Cloggs cave, AustraliaGunaikurnai Land and Waters Aboriginal Corporation Wooden artefacts found in an Australian cave suggest that an Indigenous ceremony documented in the 19th century…
Statues depicting the high dignitary Nefer and his wife from Abusir, EgyptMartin Frouz/Czech Institute of Egyptology, Charles University Ancient Egyptian scribes who put brush to papyrus thousands of years ago…
Pictograms from Upuigma-tepui rock shelter in Canaima National Park, VenezuelaUNIVERSIDAD SIMON BOLIVAR An archaeologist has tracked down more than 20 rock art sites in south-eastern Venezuela decorated with evocative geometric…
Neanderthal reconstruction at the Museum of Natural History Vienna in AustriaNeanderthals/Alamy Stock Photo A Neanderthal child with Down’s syndrome survived until at least the age of 6, if interpretations of a…
The people of Easter Island built hundreds of monolithic statues called moaiStephanie Morcinek via Unsplash The widespread claim that the ancient people of Easter Island experienced a societal collapse due…
The 2000-year-old wine found in a Roman tomb in Carmona, SpainJuan Manuel Román/University of Cordoba A reddish liquid found in a 2000-year-old Roman mausoleum in Spain is the oldest known…
The examination of an ancient “portal to the underworld” that has perplexed archaeologists has finally ended, officials say. The Mexican artifact, called the Olmec Cave Mask, was stolen from the Chalcatzingo archaeological…
Historians in Michigan recently announced that a shipwreck dating back more than a century has been discovered at the bottom of Lake Superior. The Adella Shores, a wooden steamship built…