ANALYSIS — Less than six months ago — April, to be specific — Democrats were wringing their hands about the party’s prospects in November and Republicans were counting their chickens before their ...

The deep sea contains more than 90% of the water in our oceans, but only about a third of all fish species. Scientists have long thought the explanation for this was intuitive -- shallow ocean waters ...

Revisit our best stories on the tombs, shipwrecks, and coin hoards unearthed this year. A team of Austrian and Greek archaeologists working in Southern Greece discover the temple of Poseidon recorded ...

ANN ARBOR, MI - Michigan’s state motto translates to, “If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you.” Replace peninsula with museums, and that pretty well describes the University of Michigan in ...

Loveland’s annual Stone Age Fair, a gathering of professional and amateur archaeologists and all others with an interest in history, will take place this weekend at The Ranch Events Complex. A ...

Researchers using advanced satellite imagery have discovered an ancient reef-like landform 'hidden' in plain view on the Nullarbor Plain, which has been preserved for millions of years since it first ...

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Hamas authorities in Gaza on Sunday announced the discovery of over 60 tombs in an ancient burial site dating back to the Roman era. Work crews have been excavating the site ...

An archaeological excavation in Turkey recently yielded a Roman hospital-turned-Christian sanctuary, offering new insight ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Roel Konijnendijk teaches ancient history at Lincoln College, Oxford University. He rates 10 battle scenes in movies and television for realism. He discusses the ...

They were dogs that howled but didn’t bark. They resembled foxes, or wolves. And they had been the companions of Native Americans for thousands of years, after their ancestors arrived with early ...

Dr. Farmer is a professor of history at the University of Pennsylvania and the author of “Elderflora: A Modern History of Ancient Trees.” Old trees are in big trouble. Whole forests with ...