Discover the Antikythera Mechanism, an ancient Greek marvel that challenges our understanding of historical technology and ...

Mexican scientists and teachers from the University of Sonora in northwestern Mexico have successfully recreated the ...

When the ancient 'God of Chaos' asteroid skims close to Earth it could have a major reaction and be transformed.

Armed with new tools, scholars are finally able to read papyrus scrolls long deemed too fragile to open. The breakthrough could literally change history.

The Curse of the Mummy, UC Santa Cruz Associate Professor of Literature Renee Fox and Associate Professor of History Elaine ...

In 1882, the British Museum acquired a clay tablet that had been discovered in southern Iraq, not far from the ancient city ...

Ancient stone goods found across France may have been made by skilled craftspeople in what is now Paris, who traded along ...

The 2,000-year-old geoglyphs offer clues to the ancient Nazca people and their rituals.

Using drone-based lidar, researchers mapped two medieval cities, Tashbulak and Tugunbulak, in Uzbekistan, revealing detailed urban structures significant to the Silk Road's history. The first use of d ...

In ancient Greek mythology, the hero Theseus is famous for cleverly solving a labyrinth and defeating the Minotaur at its ...