A new archaeological find pushes back the timeline on when humans mastered the ability to make fires, a transformative ...

Heat-reddened clay, fire-cracked stone, and fragments of pyrite mark where Neanderthals gathered around a campfire 400,000 ...

Scientists excavating the ruins of Pompeii have discovered a construction site left frozen in time by the eruption of Italy's ...

Concrete was the foundation of the ancient Roman empire. It enabled Rome's storied architectural revolution as well as the ...

The Serapeum holds massive stone boxes that display signs of advanced machining, raising questions about the technology used ...

Making fire on demand was a milestone in the lives of our early ancestors. But the question of when that skill first arose ...

Archaeologists have found the earliest evidence yet of fire technology — and it was created by Neanderthals in England more ...

Long dismissed as poor construction, ‘self-healing’ lime clasts have helped Ancient Roman structures persist for millennia.

From the iconic Colosseum in Rome to Hadrian’s Wall all the way in England, there’s one question most people must ask ...

The discovery site at East Farm, Barnham, England lies hidden within a disused clay pit tucked away in the wooded landscape between Thetford and Bury St Edmunds. Professor Nick Ashton from the British ...

A team of researchers led by the British Museum has unearthed the oldest known evidence of fire-making, dating back more than ...

Clues from a digital reconstruction of a lavish ancient home are changing how researchers understand Pompeii’s elite.