However, careful reexaminations indicate the “little awl” is far more significant than originally believed—so much so that it ...

Millions visit the vast and remarkably preserved ancient city of Ephesus each year, stepping back through the centuries to walk marble streets, explore Roman baths and admire landmarks like the ...

The aim of the "deceptively simple but thrilling strategy game" was to hunt and trap the opponent's pieces in as few moves as possible, scientists said.

Maize farmers in Peru’s Chincha Valley were fertilizing their crops with seabird poop as early as the year 1250 ...

When we think about cutting-edge technology, we usually picture Silicon Valley startups or futuristic labs. But here's the thing - some of the most mind-blowing innovations weren't dreamed up in the ...

Revealing remarkable religious diversity in the region, German archaeologists uncovered evidence of Christians and ...

New evidence has emerged that sheds light on the possible first people to populate the Americas. Dating of stone and ivory ...

The ancient Olympic games were crowded with male athletes, but were there opportunities for females to compete in sports?

A new study suggests that some of the world’s oxygen-deprived oceans could eventually regain higher oxygen levels in the ...

Scientists revived new species frozen for 40,000 years - and the U.S. military believes their survival secrets could protect troops in extreme cold.

Researchers at the University of Huddersfield have used ancient DNA to reveal that hunter-gatherers in one part of Europe survived for thousands of years longer than anywhere else on the continent—and ...

It was the summer of 2020, and researcher Walter Crist was wandering around the exhibits inside a Dutch museum dedicated to the presence of the ancient Roman empire in the Netherlands. As a ...