A recent study claimed Gunung Padang in Indonesia is a 25,000-year-old pyramid. This challenged established timelines of ...

From Roman curse tablets to severed heads on Iberian walls and a decapitated bog body in Ireland—these are the most chilling ...

Four chapters of the Bible are said to have been ‘confirmed’ true. This comes after a major discovery was made in Turkey when ...

A new study shows ancient Egyptians made bronze stronger with speiss, changing what experts knew about early metalworking ...

A rare trapdoor spider, Aptostichus ramirezae, discovered in Iran, features a tail-like appendage, a trait thought extinct ...

Archaeologists have made a number of historic discoveries while excavating the ancient Greek City of Laodicea, which housed a ...

As ice continues to melt, more ancient artifacts are likely to surface after lying dormant for centuries. While there are valuable lessons to be learned from their emergence, they are also reminders ...

Imagine digging into a quiet village field and finding signs of a whole city that existed more than 2,000 years ago. That’s what happened in Keeladi — a small village near Madurai that is now ...

Water discoveries in space happen all the time. But this one’s actually a big deal, and not just because some scientists got excited (though they absolutely did). NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory ...

Could a comet be sent on such a trajectory through the galaxy that its surface no longer reflects the world from which it came? New observations of the comet 3I/ATLAS by the James Webb Space Telescope ...

The carriage workshop, which also had evidence of fixing horseshoes, offered services to travelers in the first century C.E.

Scientists used DNA testing on 1,200-year-old feces to detect E. coli, pinworms, and Giardia in ancient Mexico, and found ...