A new radiocarbon study has clarified the timing of the colossal Thera eruption, placing it before Egypt’s New Kingdom.

As far as kitchen staples, you don’t really get much better than olive oil. It can do it all—jazz up a salad, sauté vegetables, add a nice crisp to some noodles, and more. Humans have been using olive ...

Excavations along the Rappahannock River in Virginia have revealed the likely spot of Indigenous villages once described by ...

By working closely with the objects, students will learn how to become archeological detectives and engage with the process ...

The city’s new Caribbean Heritage Museum, with touchscreens playing neighborhood stories, walls displaying decades of ...

If authentic, these codices would represent one of the most significant archaeological discoveries related to Christianity's formative years. However, their unusual appearance and controversial ...

The new Caribbean Museum is the result of the West Indian Social Club’s organizing, mutual aid and cultural work in Hartford.

Participants of the First International Congress, held at the Islamic Civilization Centre in Uzbekistan, reflected on the ...

Tucked under London’s Palace of Westminster— one of the most famous structures in the city and home to the Houses of ...

The National Palace Museum of Korea, located in Seoul at the main palace Gyeongbokgung, is celebrating two decades of ...

From “experimental archaeology” to the mysterious appeal of exploration, the wide-ranging subjects detailed in these titles captivated Smithsonian magazine’s science contributors this year ...

The Griffin Museum of Science and Industry and other science centers are integrating projectors, touch screens and other ...