More than two decades after scientists identified a fossil as the world’s oldest octopus — officials now say it wasn’t one at ...

The world's oldest octopus fossil is no longer an octopus. A new study by researchers says the 300-million-year-old creature ...

They’re not the six-sided dice we’re familiar with now, but these ancient tools were crucial for rudimentary games of chance 12,000 years ago.

The site holds three prominent mounds, known as Koms A, B, and C, with Kom C selected for investigation due to its history ...

New research on dice suggests Native gambling traditions span 12,000 years, complicating debates over tribal casinos and ...

Archaeologists carrying out a “preventative” dig in Romania ahead of constructing a new hospital have uncovered 34 graves ...

Historians assumed that humans first started gambling in the Old World. Scholars traced the earliest dice to Bronze Age ...

The team located a fresh find of artifacts that illuminates Roman cultural views on the afterlife.

A massive Roman necropolis, containing over 3,000 tombs, has been uncovered beneath Zadar, Croatia, offering a unique glimpse ...

A one-of-a-kind artifact recently found near the Sea of Galilee may shed new light on how early Christians practiced baptism ...

As you can tell, there’s a long way to go. The two largest collections of the bronzes are still the Ethnological Museum of ...

A breakthrough discovery in Utah has revealed a 500-million-year-old chelicera fossil that is the oldest known spider and ...