The vial, also known as an unguentarium, is commonly believed to have held perfumes or cosmetic oils.

Archaeology offers an unparalleled material record of urban dynamics, spanning thousands of years and operating in varied ...

An ancient skyscraper considered the seventh wonder of the world crumbled to ruin centuries ago. Now an ambitious ...

New evidence from Neolithic mass graves in northeastern France suggests that some of Europe’s earliest violent encounters were not random acts of brutality, but carefully staged displays of power. By ...

Although elephants appear in ancient texts, on coins, and in depictions of the legendary ...

Genetic data strengthens the case that humans first settled Sahul around 60,000 years ago, using multiple seafaring routes.

While less than 3 percent of the original structure remains on Baltra Island, scientists were able to create a 3D digital ...

When some ancient Romans were feeling a little under the weather, they were treated with human feces. While this practice was ...

The study, published in Science Advances, analyzed 82 humans from the Alsace region (around 4300–4150 cal BC) and found statistically significant chemical differences between those treated “normally” ...

The boy’s burial is as striking as his injuries. Hundreds of pierced shells formed a headdress. Ivory pendants and carved antlers accompanied him. A long flint blade—likely a prestige object—rested in ...

That single vial—an unguentarium recovered from a tomb in ancient Pergamon, once a major medical hub—has now delivered rare, chemical evidence that human feces were used as medicine in the Roman world ...