Some 4.6 billion years ago, Earth was nothing like the gentle blue planet we know today. Frequent and violent celestial ...

Here are 10 fun, hands-on family vacation ideas around the world that will spark kids' curiosity-from training like a ninja in Japan to digging up dinosaurs in Wyoming.

When the early Earth’s magma ocean crystallized 4.4 billion years ago, the deep mantle trapped an ocean’s worth of water, ...

Long before Rome rose to power, a mysterious civilization dominated the island of Sardinia. Known as the Nuragic people, they built over 7,000 stone towers, engineered vast settlements, and traded ...

According to Ding, “Ancient people had superb abilities in navigating nature. With an understanding of currents, wind, stars, ...

Archaeologists in Britain say they have found the earliest known evidence of deliberate fire-making, dating to around 400,000 ...

A new study published in the Journal of World Prehistory reveals that some of humanity's earliest artistic representations of ...

The oldest evidence for human ancestors using fire, dating back to between 1 million and 1.5 million years ago, comes from a ...

The discovery of the settlements over the years has led to a new understanding of the Asia Minor and Anatolia regions.

BUDAPEST — On Nov 27, The Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest opened one of the most significant Chinese cultural exhibitions ...

A new radiocarbon study has clarified the timing of the colossal Thera eruption, placing it before Egypt’s New Kingdom.

Russian Yuri Knorozov cracked the previously undecipherable Maya code, and remarkably, did it long before he ever visited ...