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

A $2.3 million restoration is using advanced laser technology to clean and preserve the 1,840-year-old Rome’s Column of Marcus Aurelius.

A research team led by scientists at Kumamoto University has discovered a new genus of microscopic crustaceans from northern ...

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

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

In ancient Judaism and early Christianity, angels were portrayed as powerful beings who guarded the Garden of Eden, ...

There were different types of parties in ancient Greece. Not all involved alcohol and debauchery. Some featured intellectual ...

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

There were many similarities between ancient Greece and Egypt. The two civilizations were in close contact during the ...

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

A boat belonging to an Egyptian pharaoh was put on display Tuesday in the Grand Egyptian Museum’s exhibition hall while being ...

More than a billion years ago, in a shallow basin across what is now northern Ontario, a subtropical lake much like ...