The mathematician, who liked to annoy friends with improvised brainteasers, thought for a moment or two, then raised a glass ...

New archaeological evidence is helping rewrite old myths about disabled people in the ancient world.

Scientists have long tried to uncover the perilous journey humans took to reach the ancient land mass that now makes up ...

In Spain, the Cave of the Bats, Albuñol, held a major secret: bowstrings discovered in the 19th century predate those used by ...

Archaeologists often seek to understand ancient cultures by studying images left behind on rock faces. While these images ...

A Europe-focused study published in the journal Science examined 87 ancient and modern cat genomes and found that the ...

On Native American Heritage Day, we examine a long-overlooked marvel of ancient engineering that had been tucked away beneath ...

Some of the ancient buildings, located along China’s mountaintop rivers, dated back to as far as 2800 B.C.E., with others ...

Wisconsin Historical Society experts identified 16 dugout canoes in Lake Mendota, including the oldest recorded canoe from ...

Scientists have uncovered how ancient Easter Islanders moved massive moai statues. Instead of dragging them flat, the statues ...

The ruins of an impressive Roman basilica have been revealed after being hidden underwater for nearly 700 years.

Culinary archaeological finds are exciting, and an ancient fresco recently uncovered in Pompeii just might show us the ...