Researchers have gained new insights into rhinoceros evolution and the longevity of the North Atlantic Land Bridge from ...

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It is clear that the sprawling city of Teotihuacan near Mexico City was a major metropolis of the ancient world, but what do ...

In an excerpt from his new book Dinner with King Tut, Sam Kean explores a weird and wild '90s experiment to replicate ancient ...

A cache of Byzantine-era gold coins and pearl-inlaid earrings dating back over 1,500 years was unearthed by archaeologists at ...

When you think of ancient Egypt, you might imagine towering pyramids, majestic temples, and the noseless Great Sphinx of Giza ...

It won’t catch any fish, but the discovery of as many as 20,000 silver coins and pieces of jewelry dates back to the early ...

Teachers at nine high schools in northeastern Australia discovered days before an ancient history exam that they had ...

New research shows that the rise of Sumer was deeply tied to the tidal and sedimentary dynamics of ancient Mesopotamia. Early ...

Astronomer Avi Loeb suggests that a quasi-satellite may be the "relic of an interplanetary mission by humanity from the 1960s ...

The very first Halloween celebrations trace back to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, which later morphed into All Hallow's Eve in the Roman Catholic Church.

Sorghum may not be on your radar, but it’s been a dietary staple for centuries across Asia and Africa. New research shows ...