Cleopatra ruled over Ancient Egypt from 51 to 30 BC and was the last ruler of the Greek Ptolemaic Kingdom in Egypt.

The skull of a person long thought to be Cleopatra’s half sister was misidentified for nearly a century, new research from Nature Scientific Reports concludes, raising intriguing questions about ...

People flock to the ancient sanctuaries on the first days of the Lunar New Year to enjoy the long-standing traditions as well as embrace spiritual values that foster optimism for their journey ahead.

Included in the finds were ancient stone hand axes that date back to as far as 1.5 million years ago. The ancient lake that has long been home to all of these hand axes offers a peak into the ...

Was Stonehenge an ancient calendar? A new study says no. The Carnac stones, located in Brittany in northwestern France, date back around 6,000 years. They consist of about 3,000 stones ...

Originally from Parque Tantauco, a remote part of an island off the coast of Chile, the Darwin’s frog species is under such threat from a deadly fungus that the 11 males were brought by ...

Thousands of pieces of art were submitted and judged, and the winners have been chosen in the 2025 CNY Scholastic Art Awards, sponsored by M&T Bank and hosted by Onondaga Community College.

Charred by the flames of a funeral pyre, the Derveni Papyrus has proved to be a fascinating—and confounding—artifact Teresa Nowakowski Daily Correspondent The Derveni Papyrus, named for the ...

"They can stay fresh for weeks … which is why they figured so much in the art not only of ancient times but also throughout the Renaissance, right up to the modern period." During the ...