The year’s most notable findings also include insights into dog and sheep domestication and a new species of manta ray in the ...

A $2.3 million restoration is using advanced laser technology to clean and preserve the 1,840-year-old Rome’s Column of Marcus Aurelius.

Scientists studied a mammal that lived 250 million years ago and found they had an eardrum that could detect and react to ...

You have probably seen the images of the surface of Mars, beamed back by NASA's rovers. What if there were a time machine ...

A humungous shark that lived 115 million years ago surpassed the size of modern-day great whites, paleontologists discovered ...

Greek philosopher Thales of Miletus, often described as the West's first scientist, believed the whole Earth was suspended on ...

There were many similarities between ancient Greece and Egypt. The two civilizations were in close contact during the ...

Scientists have uncovered ancient wolf remains on a small Baltic island where wolves could only have been brought by humans.

The DNA uncovered a complex ancient community with a startling family secret. In a mountain cave in southern Italy, Bronze ...

A boat belonging to an Egyptian pharaoh was put on display Tuesday in the Grand Egyptian Museum’s exhibition hall while being ...

In ancient Judaism and early Christianity, angels were portrayed as powerful beings who guarded the Garden of Eden, ...

The idea of ancient civilisations pioneering orthodontics is irresistible, but archaeology shows their gold dental work ...