A mysterious form of plague that spread across Eurasia thousands of years before the Black Death has finally revealed a ...

Further south, in the Don River basin, the menu changed. There, the “chefs” were obsessed with seeds. The foodcrusts were packed with wild grasses and wild legumes, like clover, all cooked together ...

High-resolution imaging conducted at USC reveals evidence of chronic pain, dental disease and possible surgical intervention in two ancient priests.

Keck Medicine of USC radiologists use computed tomography (CT) scanners to diagnose and treat patients' diseases and injuries. Recently, however, this advanced technology was put to a far more novel ...

An "incredibly rare" Iron Age coin could shed new light on the secrets of ancient Britain. The coin, a "stater", dates from approximately 50-10BC and represents only the second example of its kind ...