Scribblings analysed using state-of the art technology have brought new insight into the daily life and emotions of people who lived in the ancient city ...

The inscriptions are now legible thanks to Reflectance Transformation Imaging.

Two fundamental stages in a territory rich in history, that of ancient Nuceria. Yesterday morning, the new director of the Soprintendenza Archeologia, Belle Arti e Paesaggio for the provinces ...

New Pompeii graffiti has been found, which shows that human behaviour never changes. The pictures show gladiators fighting, a ...

Scientists have shed new light on the dirty habits of ancient Rome in Pompeii. By taking a look at limescale in the destroyed ...

A faint hand stencil hidden on a cave wall in Indonesia has been dated to at least 67,800 years old—potentially making it the oldest known cave art yet studied. The discovery comes from a limestone ...

A 1904 photograph shows the excavation of a Viking ship burial in Oseberg, Norway. The 71-foot-long vessel dating to A.D. 834 contained the remains of two women and an abundance of extraordinary grave ...

Scholars studying the Silk Road have traditionally seen mountain ranges as obstacles standing in the way of merchants who plied the trade routes that connected China and western Eurasia. Now, a team ...