Analyzing samples of mummies from different dynastic periods showed how the mixtures of substances used in mummification ...

Combining the writing on the bones with paleoclimate reconstructions, the team found how typhoon activity helped shift the ...

Scientists from the University of Colombia have found an ancient "ghost" DNA genome that existed in South America over 6,000 ...

Old oracle bones are telling a new story. By combining these 3,000-year-old inscriptions with modern climate models, ...

While exploring ancient seabeds in Morocco, scientists discovered strange wrinkle-like textures in deep-water sediments that shouldn’t have been there. These structures are usually made by ...

Ancient scientists can be easy to dismiss. Greek philosopher Thales of Miletus, often described as the West’s first scientist, believed the whole Earth was suspended on water. Roman encyclopaedist ...

Italian researchers have discovered evidence on the walls of ancient Pompeii of the use of rapid—fire weapons — polyboles - ...

The findings of a new study by a Charles Sturt University researcher and colleagues challenge a long-standing assumption used ...

Could ancient humans really have built the pyramids without extraterrestrial help? Or do such questions reveal more about ...