After detailed scans of the find and a yearslong preservation process, experts identified the material as a 1,600-year-old purple fabric woven with gold threads. Its purple dye, now faded to a red ...

Archaeologists in Italy have discovered a 2,500-year-old Etruscan tomb that is richly decorated with wall paintings.

Ancient humans living in Europe may have scooped out the brains of their dead enemies and eaten them, a new study suggests.

While most of the world was in lockdown, a team of 15 researchers carefully scraped thousands of years of soot, dirt, and ...