SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Inspur Information, a leading IT infrastructure solutions provider, has partnered with China's first ancient DNA laboratory (hereafter referred to as The Lab), to ...

Following on from this weekend’s International Archaeology Day, Gizmodo thought we’d take a quick look at some of the uses of digital technology in discovering, researching, and documenting historic ...

Archaeologists look to the past to better understand how ancient civilizations long before us lived, but by using today’s advanced technology, they can make discoveries quicker and easier than ever ...

Founded in 300 B.C., Antioch was one of the most important political and cultural centers of the Hellenistic East and one of the great metropolises of the Roman Empire. In the 1930s, Princeton ...

Archaeology is a field of study that draws on many scientific disciplines, from the natural sciences, such as geology and botany to modern technologies like global positioning systems, magnetometry ...

The Maya civilization flourished more than 1,000 years ago, but modern technology is only now revealing the secrets of this ancient Mexican and Central American culture—and it’s happening at an ...

A study of wild capuchin monkeys that crack nuts using stone hammers reveals temporal and spatial patterning of the relics of their technological efforts, confirming that such behaviours can be ...

Underwater archaeologists are using the latest technology to search for shipwrecks and explore ancient landscapes in Lake Erie. Using scientific instruments such as side-scan sonar, magnetometers and ...

James Newhard is Director of Archaeology at the College of Charleston, where he works to bring 3D imaging, mobile technology and geographic information systems to a field more popularly associated ...

An international team of researchers has mapped the entirety of an ancient, buried Roman city known as Falerii Novi using radar scanning technology. The researchers unraveled the secrets of the city, ...

A team of archaeologists and historians announced on Tuesday that they’ve identified the remains of four prominent men who died at Jamestown, the first permanent English colony in America, between ...

One hallmark of humanity is the rich world of symbols we have constructed to give meaning to our lives. And when we die, our loved ones mark our passing with symbols of honor and commemoration ...