Earth was not always the blue-green world we know today: early Earth's oxygen levels were about a million times lower than we ...

In modern Iraq, the ruins of ancient Babylon have witnessed epochs of historic turmoil. They now face an uncertain future, ...

A cache of coins bearing the faces of the Roman emperors Constantius II and Constans I was discovered in underground tunnels ...

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Doomed Egyptian queen Cleopatra has captured the imaginations of people all over the world for centuries. Archaeologists have ...

Archaeologists say they've discovered an ancient, long-submerged Mediterranean port, but for the head of the mission, the ...

Scholars were wrong about prehistoric Sicily. Davide Tanasi, a professor at the University of South Florida, has new evidence ...

The ancient Egyptians didn't want tomb robbers to pilfer treasures in the pyramids, so how did they stop thieves?

Analytical chemists successfully reproduced the smells of Ancient Egyptian mummies—without ever having to touch the artifacts ...

In 2008, researchers discovered a roughly 2.75-inch-long cow toe bone inside a building located in a worker settlement known ...

Scientists have discovered prehistoric insects preserved in amber for the first time in South America, providing a fresh ...

Learn why scientists are cautiously optimistic about the potential biosignatures found in the Sapphire Canyon rock sample.