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Winter Solstice Draws 8,500 to Stonehenge for Sunrise Celebration

The prehistoric site's solstice alignment draws modern pagans for sunrise rites.

Rome Opens Two Metro C Stations Near the Colosseum That Double as Underground Museums

Rome Opens Colosseum and Porta Metronia Metro Stations With On-Site Archaeology

Mexico Excavation Reveals 1,400-Year-Old Cube-Shaped Skull in Tamaulipas

Pompeii ‘Time Capsule’ Confirms Romans Made Self-Healing Concrete With Hot-Mixing

Pompeii ‘Time Capsule’ Confirms Romans Used Hot‑Mixed Quicklime to Make Self‑Healing Concrete

Utah Offers $3,000 Reward in Theft of Human Skull From Ancient Burial Near Kanab

France Returns Looted Tarbosaurus Skeleton to Mongolia

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

High-Resolution 3D Map of Easter Island Quarry Points to Clan-Run Moai Workshops

Ancient DNA Traces House Cats to North Africa, Spreading Across Europe on Roman Routes

Ancient DNA Shows Housecats Originated in North Africa and Reached Europe Only 2,000 Years Ago

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

Open 3D Model of Easter Island Quarry Points to Clan-Based Moai Production

Melting Ice Reveals 1,500-Year-Old Reindeer Trap on Norway’s Aurlandsfjellet

Musée de l’Homme Opens ‘Momies’ Exhibition, Reframing Mummification as Global

Archaeologists Document Submerged Silk Road Settlement in Kyrgyzstan’s Lake Issyk-Kul

Study Identifies 4,300-Year-Old West Bank Goblet as Earliest Known Creation Scene

Yale Team Detects Opiates in Xerxes-Inscribed Alabaster Vase, Offering Clearest Evidence in Ancient Egypt