The historical and archeological record upends the widespread belief that long-term incarceration belongs to the modern state ...

Lime granules trapped in ancient walls show Romans relied on a reactive hot-mix method to making concrete that could now ...

For the first time, scientists have mapped vast, continent-scale river drainage systems on Mars — ancient networks that may ...

Death Valley National Park has experienced so much record-breaking rainfall this season that an ancient lake has reappeared.

Heron of Alexandria was an important ancient Greek inventor of mechanical devices whose inventions included the first steam ...

Some common foods that we have in our pantries can be traced back to ancient times. Take a look at the deep history of our favorite ingredients.

There's something about ancient civilizations that fascinates us even thousands of years later. Their architecture, ...

The ancient Greeks and Romans built astonishing monuments like the Lighthouse of Alexandria and the Hanging Gardens of ...

Archaeologists finished excavating the most complete part ever discovered of the foundations of the walls, which surrounded ...

Record rainfall transforms Death Valley's Badwater Basin into a rare shallow lake after months of heavy storms hit the ...

The museum's reopening serves as a symbolic display of stability ahead of planned elections in 2026, one expert told NBC News.

Private militaries existed long before modern nation-states claimed a monopoly on war. From mercenary bands in ancient Sicily ...