The area around Boeslunde had already yielded 10 gold oath rings and approximately 2,200 gold spirals in previous excavations. Museum director and archaeologist Lone Claudi-Hansen explained their ...

The team behind what has been described as "one of the most significant mosaics discovered in the UK" have revealed that it ...

A Europe-focused study published in the journal Science examined 87 ancient and modern cat genomes and found that the domestic cat, which has the scientific name Felis catus, originated in North ...

The origins of ancient Greek city names like Athens and Olympia reflect mythology, history, and the development of Greek ...

Many of the world’s most beautiful beach towns started as ancient ports, bustling with trade, sailors, and cultural exchange.

Today, glass is ordinary, on-the-kitchen-shelf stuff. But early in its history, glass was bling for kings. Thousands of years ago, the pharaohs of ancient Egypt surrounded themselves with the stuff, ...

Domestic cats first joined European communities around 2,000 years ago, during the age of Roman power, not in deep prehistory ...