The year’s most notable findings also include insights into dog and sheep domestication and a new species of manta ray in the ...

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

You have probably seen the images of the surface of Mars, beamed back by NASA's rovers. What if there were a time machine ...

A $2.3 million restoration is using advanced laser technology to clean and preserve the 1,840-year-old Rome’s Column of Marcus Aurelius.

Scientists discover Bronze Age plague DNA in 4,000-year-old sheep remains, shedding light on how ancient diseases spread ...

A humungous shark that lived 115 million years ago surpassed the size of modern-day great whites, paleontologists discovered ...

The DNA uncovered a complex ancient community with a startling family secret. In a mountain cave in southern Italy, Bronze ...

Greek philosopher Thales of Miletus, often described as the West's first scientist, believed the whole Earth was suspended on ...

Scientists have uncovered ancient wolf remains on a small Baltic island where wolves could only have been brought by humans.

The idea of ancient civilisations pioneering orthodontics is irresistible, but archaeology shows their gold dental work ...

Archaeologists and law enforcement have spent years untangling the story behind a carved stone monument that quietly surfaced ...

Along a nine-mile stretch of river between two waterfalls in the Australian rainforest lives a tiny fish that’s been there for millions of years, hiding between rocks along the riverbank by day and ...