The Minoans’ obsession with solar eclipses led to the creation of remarkable hilltop observatories and potentially the first ...

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Deep in the deserts of Iraq, the lost city of Charax Spasinou has finally been found. It seems it had been hiding under the Earth for more than a millennium. Experts say the city was one of Alexander ...

The year began on a high note when "Love Between Lines," a Chinese romance drama starring Chen Xing Xu and Lu Yu Xiao, ...

A trio of ancient reservoirs in present-day Guatemala is revealing both the strength—and limitations—of Mayan water science.

Buried in the deserts of the Near East, Egypt, and Central Asia, ancient libraries with troves of knowledge and wisdom have been uncovered.

We can split atoms, map the human genome, and launch cars into space. Still, there are objects built hundreds or even ...

The copper and leather device represents the first evidence of mechanical tools from Egypt’s pre-Pharaonic history.

Apocrypha’ means ‘hidden’ in Greek, but it is often used to describe texts that are outside the official biblical canon.

The study suggests that both humans and chimpanzees possess a “shared cognitive predisposition” for crystals. Whenever such a trait emerges as common between two related species, it’s likely that this ...