When the city of Boston’s staff archaeologists open volunteer sign-ups for one of their historic site digs, demand rivals a ...

The eruption of Mt. Vesuvius froze the ancient Roman city in time, giving modern-day humans a remarkable vision into the past Clara and André Malraux conspired to loot the pink temple of Banteay Srei, ...

Two infants buried in Roman York were laid to rest in costly purple cloth normally reserved for emperors and members of the ...

Prehistoric humans in Africa may have avoided areas infested with malaria-spreading mosquitoes, a new study suggests.

Ancient DNA analysis has revealed a rare instance of two siblings being buried together in an Anglo-Saxon grave. The grave in ...

The ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Colin G. and Nancy N. Campbell Archaeology Center will take place at 9 a.m. Saturday in ...

Archaeological works searching for Roman, medieval and Tudor remains have started in preparation for a major £13.8m city ...

In the Judean desert, a complex past is being unearthed into a complicated present. Correspondent Seth Doane journeys to Israel and the West Bank, talking with archaeologists, residents and government ...

A research facility named for the most famous vessel sailed by the pirate Blackbeard is being renamed as the state’s flagship ...

Recently, Michael Hall, a doctoral candidate in the Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies Program, was invited to ...

For the first time, archaeologists and researchers at the ancient Roman site of Pompeii have used artificial intelligence to digitally reconstruct the fate of a man who died during the catastrophic ...

Kristina Douglass said she hopes "digging into the past ... will give us the tools that will help us be healthier people ...