The research team examined dozens of intact vessels and hundreds of diagnostic sherds, and backed up the use-wear observations with experimental reconstructions, showing that wax-filled replicas can ...

Researchers used AI-driven virtual players to test more than 100 rule sets, matching gameplay to wear patterns on a Roman limestone board.

A team of researchers believes they may have cracked one of America’s most enduring legends: Where did the settlers of the Roanoke Colony go? The Roanoke Colony, also known as the Lost Colony, was the ...

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The Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc Cave in southeastern France. For nearly a century, archaeologists have been perplexed by an enduring enigma: the conspicuous absence of cave paintings in the Levant, including ...

A mysterious carved rock has been identified as a Roman board game using AI. The discovery reveals how people played, relaxed and socialised nearly 1,800 years ago.

Archaeologists working on Sheffield Castle in the United Kingdom found burnt material that helps date the site. Screengrab from Wessex Archaeology's Facebook post Years into excavations at a medieval ...