An international research team has recovered ancient human mitochondrial and nuclear DNA directly from cave wall materials in ...

Twenty-seven kilometers east of Rome sit the remains of a communal latrine whose concrete has endured for nearly 2,000 years.

An ancient sample shows calcite threading through the material’s cracks and pores, with possible lessons for making modern ...

Archaeologists recently found Roman concrete vault impressions and ceramic artifacts inside a sealed chamber predating ...

When British archaeologist Max Mallowan investigated the neo-Assyrian site of Nimrud in northern Iraq, he got help from ...

A long-lost poetry book, a forbidden love, and a classics scholar's quest to round out the censored story of a Victorian "man ...

Jeffrey Ying, 39, was sentenced in an elaborate scheme to switch Chinese manuscripts from a University of California library ...

A 39-year-old Bay Area man was sentenced to a year of home confinement and three years of supervised release for stealing ...

To mark World Day Against Cyber Censorship on March 12, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has opened a new room in the Uncensored Library, a virtual library within Minecraft, the world’s best selling ...

A rare book library with glowing marble walls and priceless treasures turns a simple visit into an unforgettable cultural ...

Under Section 2A of the Ancient Monument Preservation Act, any structure more than one hundred years old is legally ...

Somewhere in San Jose, between a taco spot and a strip mall, ancient Egypt is waiting for you. The Rosicrucian Egyptian ...