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Ancient Tuscan Seeds Reveal a Single White Grape Line Carried From Etruscans to Romans

Genetic ties from 2,000-year-old seeds show Roman-era exchange helped spread and standardize grape varieties across Europe.

Study Recasts Post-Rome Europe as Integration, Not Invasion

Papyrus of Homer's Iliad Found Inside Mummy in Roman-Era Tomb at Oxyrhynchus

Study Finds Democracy’s Deep Global Roots in Ancient Societies

Peru Declares 60-Day Emergency at Kuélap After Heavy Rains

Elephant Bone in Spain Dated to Punic Era Fuels Plausible Link to Hannibal’s War Elephants

Ancient DNA Study Traces Britain’s Bell Beaker Migrants to Rhine–Meuse Wetlands

Digital Imaging Exposes 79 New Graffiti in Pompeii’s Theatre Corridor

Pompeii Baths Went From Foul Wells to Cleaner Aqueducts, With Lead Risks

Geochemical Study Reveals Dirty, Organics-Laden Water in Pompeii's Early Baths

Archaeologists Unveil Rare Mosaic Patolli Board at Maya City Naachtun

Libya Reopens Tripoli’s Red Castle National Museum After 14 Years

New Study Ties Indus Valley’s Long Decline to Repeated Basin-Wide Droughts

Rare 'Good Shepherd' Fresco Unearthed in 3rd-Century Tomb Near Iznik

Study Finds Roman Rule Hurt Health in British Cities, Not the Countryside

Ancient Sheep Yields First Non-Human Bronze Age Plague Genome, Recasting Disease Spread

Ancient Chinese Eclipse Reinterpreted After Qufu's True Location Identified, Refining Earth Rotation and Solar Activity Records

Genetic Study Dates First Settlement of Australia to 60,000 Years, Via Two Routes

Ancient DNA Rewrites Cat Origins With Roman-Era Spread From North Africa

New Study Ties Indus Valley’s Long Decline to Centuries of Repeated Drought and Modest Warming