In a new study, archaeologists uncovered 2,500-year-old psychoactive drug paraphernalia in an archaeological site in the ...

According to geologists at the UK’s Heriot Watt University, gigantic waves of mud and sand sediment about 250 miles off the ...

The world’s oldest known prosthesis is a superbly sculpted 3,000-year-old wooden toe. Discovered in the late 1990s in the ...

A team from Heidelberg University excavating in Iraq made a spectacular find: In the throne room of the North Palace of King ...

A scarab beetle set in gold shows that ancient Egyptians thought the heart was the most important organ in the human body.

A new study reveals how ancient Greek and Roman music sounded using exact tuning and intonation based on 61 preserved pieces.

A set of ancient wooden spears may be younger than scientists thought and wielded by Neanderthals instead of their ancestors.

Fossilization favors larger, protein-rich animals because they create oxygen-poor conditions that slow decay, helping explain ...

King Djoser of Egypt ordered his chief architect, Imhotep, to design a tomb like no other - The Step Pyramid of Djoser.

Researchers discovered that pre-Inca stone structures from the mountains of Peru had secret rooms accessible to only the most ...

Zhen believes the style coincides with the paintings found in the tomb of Wang Shenzi, a key figure in the late 800s during ...

A new study shows that chimpanzees drum with regular rhythm when they beat on tree trunks. Previous research has shown that ...