Tom Metcalfe

The wreck near a beach on Mallorca gives a snapshot of sea trade in late Roman times.

The research combined radiocarbon dating with measurements of atmospheric radiocarbon from tree rings to build a chronology of the ancient city.

The excavations have recovered weapons, necklaces, bracelets and worked bones.

Researchers are trying to determine the fate of the five people—all missing their hands and feet—buried in Hermann Göring’s residence at Hitler’s top-secret military quarters.

The forensic facial reconstruction is based on a precise 3D model of the skull created with medical scans.

An ancient necropolis discovered near Naples, Italy was used to bury the dead about 2,800 years ago, around the time the city of Rome was founded about 100 miles (161 kilometers) to the northwest.

Investigations show the stone is inscribed with a message in ogham, an Irish alphabet used from the fourth century A.D.

Is gravity weaker over distances of billions of light-years?

A 40-mile stretch of a long-gone branch of the Nile may explain why the ancient monuments were built where they were.

Researchers think a farmhouse in the Pyrenees was set on fire by Carthaginian troops on their way to attack Rome.