Excavations of an ancient construction site in Pompeii have revealed the process of how Romans mixed their self-healing ...

Scientists discover Bronze Age plague DNA in 4,000-year-old sheep remains, shedding light on how ancient diseases spread ...

Archaeologists have unearthed India's largest circular stone labyrinth, dating back nearly 2,000 years to the Satavahana ...

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In the age of dinosaurs—before whales, great whites or the bus-sized megalodon—a monstrous shark prowled the waters off ...

Sappho sang of desire, passion, and love, mostly directed towards women. She remains the most mysterious of ancient poets.

In Senon, north-eastern France, a homeowner’s renovation plans were interrupted when diggers unearthed the remains of a Gallo ...

A cube-shaped skull discovered in Mexico offers insight into the ancient practice of 'intentional cranial deformation.' ...

In a Caribbean cave where owls once spat out the bones of their prey, scientists have uncovered a nesting strategy that ...

Scientists have discovered a large mineral structure under the sea in the Bermuda Triangle, reigniting conspiracy theories ...

At six, standing on tiptoes behind a podium at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Anirudh Rao explained how he planned to “control wind.” The idea, he tol ...

Those who flock to Newgrange on 21 December owe much to the excavation work of archaeologist Michael J O'Kelly in the 1960s ...