Greek philosopher Thales of Miletus, often described as the West's first scientist, believed the whole Earth was suspended on ...

For decades, research and understanding of the diverse bone raw material used by the Late Prehispanic Period (~1220 to 330 ...

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

Archaeologists recently discovered the remnants of an ancient Egyptian “pleasure boat” near the ruins of Cleopatra VII’s lost ...

An archaeological team has uncovered for the first time more than half of the temple, long buried under River Nile sediment.

Scientists have uncovered ancient wolf remains on a small Baltic island where wolves could only have been brought by humans.

In a Caribbean cave, researchers discovered hundreds of fossils with bee nests within them. It is the first time this behavior has been recorded, a new study finds.

The textbook version of the "Out of Africa" hypothesis holds that the first human species to leave the continent around 1.8 ...

Phainos was the most famous fisherman of his time who lived in the 2nd century AD in the ancient Greek city of Halicarnassus.

An ancient swimming pool near Corinth in Greece is still regarded 2,000 years later as an aesthetic engineering marvel.

Long before whales and sharks, enormous marine reptiles dominated the oceans with unmatched power. Scientists have ...

Ancient thinkers struggled to tell facts from falsehoods just like we do – and their strategies are still relevant today.