Over the past two decades, more than 43,000 inscribed shards of pottery known as ostraca have been uncovered in Athribis, ...

For as long as cities have stood, cats have loyally carried out their feline duties. One recent find from ongoing digs at Mount Zion, just outside Jerusalem’s Old City, offers yet another bit of proof ...

At Ute Mountain Tribal Park in Southwest Colorado, visitors show up promptly at 9 a.m., then join a tour with Ute guides who’ve led visitors through the home of ancestral pueblo Indians who lived ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A 5,000-year-old piece of pottery discovered in Turkey depicts a detailed human face. Likely dating to the Early Bronze Age, ...

ROSEVILLE, Ohio — Jerry Acheson Jr. never imagined he’d be spending his days digging in the front yard of his Roseville home not for treasure, but for answers. Instead of gold, Acheson is unearthing ...

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel acknowledged on Friday that an inscription in clay found in the country's south bearing the name of Darius the Great, ruler of the ancient Persian Empire, was not authentic.

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Archaeologists are keen to learn more about the specific diets and culinary practices of ancient populations around the globe. An interdisciplinary team of scientists analyzed the residues on ...