Two intact skeletons excavated at Pompeii are proof that there were victims not just of the volcanic eruption, but also the accompanying earthquake.

Analysis of fabric impressions in Pompeii plaster casts reveals victims wore heavy wool cloaks, challenging the August eruption date and showing desperate protection attempts during Mount Vesuvius disaster.

New DNA analysis reveals Beachy Head Woman, once thought to be the first black woman known in Briton, has genetic ancestry of Roman-era southern England. Advanced genetic technology corrects decade-long error.

In a recent article on Ancient Origins, Jason Jarrell and Sarah Farmer discussed the possibility that Zecharia Sitchin mistranslated several Sumerian Texts.  According to Sitchin, there were a number of Sumerian seals that relate to the Anunnaki, whom he said came from the heavens to create man and enslave mankind to work in the mines.

Rare Anglo-Saxon gold-and-garnet hoard discovered in Lincolnshire reveals early medieval jewelry circulation, reuse practices, and possible ritual offerings from seventh-century England.

Panspermia theory suggests life originated in space and arrived on Earth via meteorites. New evidence of amino acids in space rocks and organisms surviving space conditions offers new support to this cosmic origin hypothesis.

French archaeologists discover rare 16th-century gallows in Grenoble with 32 executed victims from the Wars of Religion, revealing brutal Renaissance justice practices.

In Africa, archaeology shows the damaging impact of pandemic outbreaks and how the ancients dealt with them. But what lessons can be applied to COVID-19 today?

A Neolithic cemetery in Turkey had turned up something unexpected: pierced ears! These 11,000-year-old graves show evidence of Stone Age ritual piercings.

Scientists have discovered that the Temple Scroll, the best preserved of all the Dead Sea Scrolls, had been treated with minerals and salts that came from afar.