In an astonishing case of cultural heritage misuse, a 3,000-year-old Phrygian rock-cut tomb in the village of Ayazini, Türkiye, has been illegally transformed into a café-restaurant.

For centuries, garum's pungent, briny charm haunted the written word of imperial cooks and self-righteous philosophers only.

Under the quaint Provençal village of Arles, the skeleton of a lost empire in stone, lime, and lead has been unboxed through geological archaeology.

A newly revealed private collection of ancient Egyptian hard-stone vessels has ignited intense debate among archaeologists, engineers, and alternative historians alike.

Strong maternal lines recovered from ancient DNA samples at the Neolithic site of Çatalhöyük, along with archaeological evidence of female-centered practice, points to a socio-cultural practice of mat ...

A groundbreaking genetic study has overturned long-held assumptions about the history of leprosy in the Americas.

In the floodplain of Egypt's eastern Nile Delta, sun-baked and desolate, archaeologists have uncovered a city once built under the watchful eye of the cobra goddess, Wadjet.

In a far-off corner of Brazil's Upper Amazon, seven massive funerary urns have been excavated from under the roots of a fallen tree — and with them, a whole chapter in the history of the Indigenous is ...

By Peter Edwell for The ConversationStanding in the vast ruins of the Baths of Caracalla in Rome, hundreds of gulls circle above. Their haunting cries echo voices from 1,800 years ago.

At Ancient Origins, we believe that one of the most important fields of knowledge we can pursue as human beings is our beginnings. And while some people may seem content with the story as it stands, ...

At Ancient Origins, we believe that one of the most important fields of knowledge we can pursue as human beings is our beginnings. And while some people may seem content with the story as it stands, ...