Revolutionary Frankfurt discovery sheds new light on early Christianity, reshaping our understanding of religious history in ...

An amulet about Christianity was found in what was once the Roman city of Nida at an archaeological site outside of Frankfurt ...

For decades, most people pictured ancient humans as relying mostly on stone, never mentioning wood. That view now needs ...

Researchers have unearthed compelling evidence of one of humanity's oldest alcoholic beverages: rice beer. 10,000-year-old ...

A sensational discovery of a blue room in Pompeii offers valuable insights into Roman art, luxury, and symbolism, shedding ...

A mastodon jaw was concealed by a plant in a Scotchtown family's yard. Now it's part of Orange County's growing list of ...

In a remarkable discovery just ahead of the holidays, archaeologists have uncovered the oldest known evidence of Christianity ...

Scientific American is part of Springer Nature, which owns or has commercial relations with thousands of scientific publications (many of them can be found at www ...

A long-lost cemetery containing the remains of enslaved people who lived at President Andrew Jackson's plantation has been ...

However, the tablets long predated the Bible, placing the flood story further back in history than originally thought. Smith’s discovery caused a sensation, not just for academics but also for ...

Gideon Mantell and the Discovery of Dinosaurs is a scholarly yet accessible biography--the first in ... to show how the understanding of numerous animals discovered in the early 19th century was ...