During restorations at the Palace of Westminster in London, excavations have revealed a trove of historic objects, the oldest ...

In this new study, a team analyzed the genomes of 70 ancient cats, dating back over the last 11,000 years (from about 9000 ...

Archaeologists discovered 6,000-year-old flint tools beneath the Palace of Westminster that predate Stonehenge, along with medieval artifacts and Roman remains.

The first recorded evidence of marriage ceremonies uniting one woman and one man dates from about 2350 B.C., in Mesopotamia.

A new ancient DNA study argues that the familiar house cat is a relative latecomer, carried from North Africa into Europe ...

As the 2,000 lots in TimeLine’s December 9-11 Numismatic Auction reveal, nearly all coins minted over the past 3,000+ years have served multiple purposes from the very day they were minted, and those ...

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

Archaeologists have uncovered a rare Roman mosaic depicting a long-lost Trojan War narrative, including the weighing of ...

A Roman mosaic found in Britain has revealed a version of the Trojan War that was previously lost to history. According to ...

The final integration of the telescope's major observatory components took place on Nov. 25 inside NASA's Goddard Space ...

A volunteer, digging near the cold stone of Hadrian’s Wall, made a startling discovery: an ancient silver ring featuring a delicately carved intaglio. The find pulls the curtain back on the lives of ...