Scientists identified egg remnants from roundworm, tapeworm, whipworm, and pinworm.
High-speed rail construction reveals Roman town in the UK
The town grew from an Iron Age village of about 30 roundhouses alongside a road.
Gruesome Viking “blood eagle” ritual is anatomically possible, study finds
But victims would have died long before the torturous execution concluded.
Noblewoman’s tomb reveals new secrets of ancient Rome’s highly durable concrete
It’s a combo of unique volcanic aggregate and unusual chemical interactions over millennia
At least 2 hominin species lived at Laetoli site 3.6 million years ago
Ancient hominin Lucy may have walked alongside yet another bipedal hominin species.
UK farmer went for a walk, stumbled on remains of rare Roman mosaic and villa
The mosaic depicts part of the story of the Greek hero Achilles from Homer’s Iliad.
This decorated mammoth ivory pendant is 41,500 years old
The pendant is the oldest example of a style that swept Paleolithic Europe.
1,000-year-old Peruvian mask’s red paint contains human blood, study finds
Scientists also identified bird egg proteins in sample, most likely from Muscovy duck.
This is the world’s oldest image of a ghost
The Babylonian tablet may have come from an ancient exorcist’s library.
Tourists marvel at ancient Rome’s party town, now buried by the sea
Statues and ruins of a 2,000-year-old resort, famed for luxury and vice, are now a marine visitor attractionFish flit around Enrico Gallochio as he gently brushes away a layer of sand to reveal an ornate mosaic floor on which Roman nobility would have …