A new study has shed new light on ancient seafarers and their advanced maritime technology, challenging previous beliefs on ...

Archaeologists have unearthed a Roman military camp that has been hidden for 2,000 years, perched 7,000 feet above sea level ...

Scientists have uncovered the earliest chemical evidence of life on Earth in a discovery that could revolutionise our ...

Scientists have discovered microscopic magnetic fossils, potentially revealing how ancient marine life navigated vast oceans using Earth's magnetic field.

A recently discovered impact crater in China is among the best-preserved ever found, offering insight into how space rocks ...

The remarkably preserved mammoth has pushed the known limits of RNA survival, offering rare insights into the real-time ...

A sleepy koala may seem worlds apart from a giant Ice Age predator, but scientists have uncovered the first molecular ...

“Our findings, combined with prior research, indicate that opium use was more than accidental or sporadic in ancient Egyptian ...

For 5,000 years scholars, generals, and mystics have been fascinated by the Egyptian pyramids. That obsession persists in the ...

Early aerial photographs first highlighted the scale of Peru’s Monte Sierpe monument. Almost a century later, scientists have worked out what it might have been used for ...

Temperature records from measurements of oxygen isotopes in the ice reveal that this area experienced a gradual, long-term ...

Gold masks were used not only on statues of humans but also as independent masks, the institute says. In addition, the ...