The depth of the writer’s commitment is tested when he meets with a Southern Californian tattooist proficient in ancient ...

Eight XXL leather shoes have been recovered from Magna, a Roman-era fort along Hadrian's Wall. Archaeologists excavating a ...

Sam Kean has gone back in time, at least in practice, for his new book "Dinner with King Tut." He talks with NPR's Ayesha Rascoe about "experimental archeology" and learning about ancient cultures.

The ancient Scythians, a nomadic people known for their gold and warrior ways, used human skin for leather, a new study finds.

Using century-old equipment to restore century-old books is an ancient craft, but one that's still very much alive.

In medieval Europe, some handcrafted books were bound with skin from an unexpected source: seals.A new analysis of ancient DNA found in medieval books from European abbeys reveals that these seals ...

A 1,200-year-old manuscript that was unearthed in a bog in Tipperary in 2006 has become one of Ireland's most treasured artifacts.

These ancient nomads made human leather out of their enemies 2,400 years ago, a Greek historian described how the fearsome Scythians fashioned items from the skins of those they defeated. Science ...

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Archaeologists have uncovered a battered shoe from the Middle Ages in the remains of an ancient street underneath a construction site in Freiberg, Germany. All that remains of the shoe is the top ...

Archaeologists excavating a Roman-era fort in northern England have unearthed several enormous ancient leather soles that measure more than 11.8 inches (30 centimeters) long. The finds add to the ...