Archaeologists working at an excavation site in Pompeii have uncovered new evidence that helps explain why ancient Roman buildings have ...

NASA's Mars rover Perseverance may have found evidence of potential ancient microbial life on Mars, but scientists stress that an analysis on Earth is needed to confirm that possibility. While NASA's ...

Archaeologists excavating sites on Russia's Taman Peninsula have uncovered remarkable evidence of ancient innovation—carefully crafted bone skates made from horse bones that enabled ancient peoples to ...

Archaeologists have long known that complex societies can unravel with startling speed, but a growing body of evidence suggests at least one ancient culture reached a level of sophistication that ...

A long time ago, life left microscopic signatures on Mars — or did it? That's the question NASA scientists have worked for years to answer. On Wednesday, NASA researchers said the answer might be in a ...

Rock found on Mars could be evidence of ancient life, NASA says A 350-billion-year-old rock discovered on the Red Planet is "the closest we've come to discovering ancient life on Mars," according to ...

New method also detects molecular signs of photosynthesis almost 1 billion years earlier than previously documented; Combining chemistry and AI, pioneering method could revolutionize search for ...

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Neanderthals 400,000 years ago were striking flints to make fires, researchers have found. Neanderthals 400,000 years ago were striking flints to make fires, researchers have found. An artist’s ...

On Wednesday, Nov. 5, University of Massachusetts classics lecturer Joseph Wilson took the students in his course, Technology in the Ancient World, to the glassblowing laboratory of Sally Prasch. The ...