New discoveries are overturning the assumptions that used to be made about a woman’s place in society, writes Emily Hauser ...

It is not the other Pompeii, the ancient and very sad city inhabited by slaves, revealed a year ago, but the real Pompeii ...

As an archaeologist, I understand that the darkened layer left when fire sweeps through a city draws a sharp line in time ...

Hundreds of once-missing artifacts, hunted down over decades by a special Italian police unit, have been unveiled for the ...

If the archaeological record has been correctly interpreted, stone alignments in Tanzania's Olduvai Gorge are remnants of shelters built 1.7 million years ago by Homo habilis, an extinct species ...

Near Porta Sarno, the statues of a man and a priestly woman mounted against a wall inside a necropolis have been uncovered in remarkable condition, set to be put on display at the Archaeological ...

The National Archaeological Museum of Naples is showcasing 600 recovered objects, which date to between the Archaic period ...

Ancient housing data shows that wealth inequality often followed land monopolization but was sometimes curbed by inclusive ...

open image in gallery The sculptures depict a man and woman standing side by side (Archaeological Park of Pompeii/Alfio Giannotti) The tomb’s main feature is a large wall, peppered with niches ...

Italian officials have identified the four people who died in a cable car accident on Thursday. The ride was popular with ...

Going into Pompeii, and leaving it ... instantly identifies him as a proud male citizen of Rome. The status quo in archaeology, when a woman and a man are presented next to each other in tombs ...