Archaeological Science

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Scans Reveal Likely Roman Doctor in Pompeii Cast

CT plus X-ray imaging exposed a sealed kit inside the cast to enable virtual reconstruction.

Norwegian First Grader Spots 1,300-Year-Old Merovingian Sword on School Trip

Iliad Fragment Found With Egyptian Mummy at Oxyrhynchus

Hiker Finds 1,500-Year-Old Gold Sword Scabbard in Norway

Meadowcroft Rockshelter Reopens With a Window Onto North America’s Earliest People

Norway Unearths Record Viking Coin Hoard as Tally Tops 3,250

Pompeii Unveils AI Reconstruction of Man Who Tried to Flee Vesuvius

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

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

Egypt Unearths Sealed 3,000-Year-Old Papyri Beside Cache of Amun Chanters’ Coffins

Archaeologists Confirm Danish Flagship Dannebroge and Start Urgent Recovery in Copenhagen Harbor

1,300-Year-Old Marble Find at Hippos May Recast Early Baptism Rites

Archaeologists Identify Dannebroge, Danish Warship Sunk in 1801, in Copenhagen Harbor

Study Finds Exotic Elemi Resin and Wine Traces in Pompeii Home Altars

Mongol Warship From 1281 Invasion Discovered Off Japan With Rare Finds

Lost Medieval Town Resurfaces in Poland as Surveys Map Fortified Layout

Ancient Sling Bullet Near Hippos Bears Greek Taunt “Learn Your Lesson”

Sealed Chamber in Luxor Yields 22 Painted Coffins Linked to Amun Temple Singers

Archaeologists Pinpoint Lost Medieval Town of Stolzenberg in Polish Forest

Archaeologists Confirm Rediscovery of Alexandria on the Tigris in Southern Iraq