Paintings from ancient Egypt show the harvesting of grapes and the making of wine. Mesopotamian murals illustrate elites rai ...

The Antikythera computer captured the ancient Greek passion for mathematics, and especially geometry, and science.

New research pushes the first genetic evidence of dogs back by 5,000 years and suggests that hunter-gatherer groups may have ...

The transition from mythology to rational, scientific thought in Ancient Greece set the foundation for Western civilization.

The fossils were found in a cave with an underwater stream, where they were simply picked up from the streambed.

In a remarkable archaeological find, researchers have uncovered the remains of the lost medieval town of Stolzenberg hidden deep within a Polish forest. Located near the modern settlement of Zagrody, ...

Published on The discovery of a 2,400-year-old metalworking workshop in Senegal provides new insights into the history of ...

The history of Earth is written on the great tablets of tectonic plates. The motions of plates shaped land masses, formed ...

In "How Flowers Made Our World," magnolia blossoms offer a glimpse into the evolutionary history and global takeover of ...

A new study focuses on krypton gas in the hopes of understanding how ancient coastlines and landscapes change in Earth’s past ...

Quick Take The discovery of the sea sponge order Vilesida and its unique sterols supports the hypothesis that animals may have originated 100 million years earlier than previously expected. Ancient ...

Ancient DNA from a medieval burial inside a Neolithic monument reveals unexpected ancestry links and hints that the site’s ...