This week, uncover the secrets of Pompeii through ancient DNA, meet an adventurous emperor penguin, seek signs of mysterious ...

When a volcanic eruption buried the ancient city of Pompeii, the last desperate moments of its citizens were preserved in ...

Ancient DNA recovered from Pompeii shows that people found holding one another beneath the volcanic ash weren’t related in ...

An international study has found assumptions on the sex and relationships of individuals found in the ruins of the ancient Roman city buried in a volcanic eruption were not based on scientific ...

Digging into the pale brown dirt of southern France, archaeologists painstakingly revealed more and more of a rare ancient Roman site. One structure in particular caught their attention — and for good ...

As a result, he is teaching ancient prayer and meditation techniques in a weekly series called “Contemplative Citizenship” to survive the political turmoil. (AP Video/ Jessie Wardarski) Pat, left, and ...

called “Contemplative Citizenship.” It’s aimed at helping people take a deep breath — literally — and apply ancient techniques of prayer and meditation that enable people to respond to ...

Although the societies of ancient Greek polities could vary considerably, there were certain commonalities between them. Political life was dominated by men who held the right to vote and own land.

ROME, Oct 24 (Reuters) - Archaeologists in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii have uncovered a richly decorated but uncommonly small house with finely preserved frescoes of mythological scenes ...

Missing only a hand, a life-sized statue of a Roman citizen unearthed recently in Bulgaria ... the king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon. Evidently, Bulgarian soils are part-sand and ...