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

Scientists in Britain say ancient humans may have learned to make fire far earlier than previously believed, after uncovering ...

Scientists excavating the ruins of Pompeii have discovered a construction site left frozen in time by the eruption of Italy's ...

China's “space baby” propaganda posters merge Cold War space race imagery with traditional Chinese mythology and Mao-era ...

This entry is the first-place winner of Egyptian Streets' 2025 "Timeless Tales: Cultural Heritage Writing Competition," in ...

It was full ‘steam’ ahead for Stone Age visitors and Ancient Egyptians who descended on a Banbury primary school.

Archaeologists have completed the first comprehensive technological mapping of an intricate underground tunnel system beneath the ancient Etruscan city of Veii, revealing a sophisticated network of ...

Did you know the Great Pyramid of Khufu was once 481.4 feet tall? It was built about 4,500 years ago. Today, it stands as a testament to ancient wisdom, despite losing some of its outer layer. Its ...

Organic matter extracted from samples of 2.5-billion-year-old rock containing fossilized microorganisms like the one in this photomicrograph still contains biomolecular fragments that may have been ...

A fragment of a Roman milestone that was erected along the road Via Nova Traiana in Jordan. (Adam Pazout/Itiner-e) WASHINGTON — As the saying went, all roads once led to Rome — and those roads ...