Archaeologists in northern Britain discovered 13-inch shoes at the ancient Roman Magna Fort, raising questions about the towering soldiers who defended the empire.

His comments come amid growing global tensions over refugee policies, migration control, and the balance between state ...

A new documentary brings early human history to life with a "scientifically accurate" collection of hyper-real 3D models.

Archaeologists in Portugal just identified the world's oldest mummies — thanks to a few undeveloped rolls of 60-year-old film ...

A team of scientists teamed up to date and identify the collection of more than 6,000 fossils, placing them between 131,000 ...

Humans have been getting infected by ancient bacteria and viruses for at least 37,000 years. Now, for the first time, ...

In a new genetic study, scientists have charted the rise of 214 human diseases across ancient Europe and Asia.

Divers have spent decades exploring Greece's ancient Antikythera wreck. The latest expedition found relics and retrieved ...

When hunter-gatherers began living close to animals, the pathogens that cause the plague and leprosy got closer too.

A common whiff in the Roman city would have come from the animals and the waste they created. Roman bakeries frequently used ...

The Manchester Museum in England is inviting guests to share feedback on Asru, an ancient Egyptian woman whose body was ...

The National Museum of Romanian History has announced an extraordinary archaeological discovery in Mangalia, southeastern ...