If Earth's history were a calendar year, humans would not appear until the last few minutes before midnight on Dec. 31.
This statue of an Egyptian pharaoh is said to have inspired the English poet Shelley to write his famous poem "Ozymandias." ...
Two cities have been found in Central Asia along what was formerly the Silk Road, according to a study published in the ...
Increased land management by Aboriginal people in southeastern Australia around 6,000 years ago cut forest shrub cover in ...
Using cutting-edge laser mapping tech, archeologists have uncovered a lost Mayan city in the jungles of southern Mexico. As ...
The long-entombed Celtic burial chamber is being hailed as a find of "unique and of outstanding scientific importance." ...
Every year, this beautiful UNESCO-listed historic city hosts one of Thailand’s most dramatic festivals. But it’s got ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have discovered the oldest-known fossil of a giant tadpole that wriggled around over 160 million ...
The genetic history of the aurochs, an extinct cattle species, was a mystery until scientists analyzed DNA found in the bones of ancient animals.
Eswatini in southern Africa is home to the world’s oldest ochre mine. A new study dates that mine to a full 48,000 years ago. Ochre is a clay-based pigment that was incredibly popular at that time, ...
When workers were building a McDonald's in Frattocchie, Italy, they stumbled across a road from ancient Rome. McDonald's ...
The deep penetrations suggest that the feline was pressing its claws into the clay, a behavior sometimes known as "making ...