Archaeology Archaeologists find ancient Roman camps in the Arabian Desert using Google Earth April 27, 2023
History Valentine’s Day’s connection with love was probably invented by Chaucer and other 14th-century poets February 15, 2023
Archaeology 2,700-year-old rock carvings tell the story of Nineveh, the wondrous Assyrian city you’ve never heard of January 10, 2023
History A Milanese friar mentions North America in 1345 text, 150 years before Columbus December 13, 2022
Culture & Society The origin and history of the Christmas tree: from paganism to modern ubiquity April 30, 2023
Archaeology These Roman gold coins were thought to be crude forgeries. But they may be genuine, revealing the story of a mysterious ‘Roman Emperor’ November 23, 2022
Archaeology What did the past smell like? Scientists reproduce historical fragrances to find out January 6, 2023
Archaeology Ancient Italian bath site yields an incredible treasure: 24 bronze statues found buried under mud November 10, 2022
History We’ve discovered our first full sentence in the world’s oldest alphabet — a spell against lice, engraved on a comb November 9, 2022
Archaeology A chance discovery shows that Stone Age child in Finland might have been buried alongside her dog November 8, 2022
Astronomy Researchers rediscover ancient parchment that served as ancient, accurate map of the sky October 24, 2022
History A bored Chinese housewife created a compelling (but fake) alternative history on Wikipedia, fooling everyone for a decade October 19, 2022
Archaeology Researchers find ancient rock depictions of mammoths — in the depths of the Gobi Desert October 18, 2022
Anthropology Stone-age people colonized rainforests by developing tool miniaturization October 18, 2022
Archaeology Lost Welsh Abbey with hundreds of skeletons from Welsh Revolt rediscovered beneath former store October 17, 2022
Anthropology Ancient Taiwan was inhabited by ‘short, dark-skinned’ people that also populated South Africa October 11, 2022
History Cutting-edge sonar technology helps to discover the wreck of a ship that tried to warn the Titanic of icebergs September 30, 2022
Archaeology Copper industry 3,000 years ago irreparably damaged natural ecosystems in the Timna Valley, Israel September 27, 2022
Economics How Victorian mourning paused rich intermarriages, paving the way for free education in Britain September 13, 2022
