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Archaeologists excavate earliest Greek Iron Age house ever found in Thorikos

The nearly 3,000-year-old house was unearthed in an area where silver mining was common in ancient times

The Greeks really do have near-mythical origins, ancient DNA reveals (photos)

DNA analysis unearths origins of Minoans & Mycenaeans, the first major European civilizations

King Tutankhamun’s face is seen for the first time in over 3,300 years (photo)

Incredible reconstruction reveals the Egyptian pharaoh looked 'more like a young student' than a king

Caesars loved tweezers! Plucking Romans were obsessed with hair removal

Vanity & Plucking: A public & private obsession

Hegra, Petra’s forgotten twin (video)

Like Petra, Hegra boasts stunning sandstone cliffs and carved rock formations that have withstood the test of time

Flood-Damaged Books Frozen in Italy

Books have been salvaged by volunteers and the carabinieri of the Cultural Heritage Protection Unit of Bologna

Humongous, 100-foot-long dinosaur from Argentina is so big its fossils broke the road during transport

About 90 million years ago, a ginormous long-necked dinosaur measuring nearly 100 feet (30 meters) long lumbered through what is now Patagonia, Argentina

Use of Fire in Europe Pushed Back 50,000 Years

Such a fire may have been situated in a sleeping or living area, a kitchen, or an enclosure for animals

2,000-year-old stone receipt discovered in Jerusalem

An ancient financial transaction from Jerusalem that was "set in stone" dates to the Early Roman period.

Smooching & herpes inseparable for more than 4,000 years

Troels Pank Arbøll & Sophie Lund Rasmussen examined cuneiform writings from Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq & Syria, looking for references to kissing

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