The members of Wigan Archaeological Society have been digging on the farmland for four years and have uncovered numerous ...

Radiocarbon dating can be a great way to help verify the age of things, and now, a new precise radiocarbon dating of archaeological sites in Jerusalem may be just what scientists needed to prove some ...

One of the largest volcanic eruptions in the last 10,000 years took place at the Greek island of Thera (Santorini) in the Aegean Sea, but its dating during the late 17th or 16th century BCE remained ...

The 2009 discovery of footprints (human and animal) left behind in layers of clay and silt at New Mexico’s White Sands National Park sparked a contentious debate about when, exactly, human cultures ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — Carbon dating has revealed the age of an object that is among the oldest artifacts in northwest Ohio. The Toledo History Museum said it funded a radiocarbon dating test to determine the ...

Infant remains have been recovered from the site of the former mother-and-baby home in Tuam, Co Galway, as excavation work there continues.

A 4,000-year-old Bronze Age cemetery full of ancient human remains is being excavated on the outskirts of Wigan.

The eastern Mediterranean region and Egypt, showing the location of the Thera (Santorini) volcano and other places mentioned in the text. Their findings were published in PLOS One last month. Prof.