Climate data offers clues to what might have happened to people of the Indus River Valley and how that might relate to our own warming world.

Thanksgiving day is a time to give thanks for a bountiful harvest, something that the ancient Greeks also did thousands of ...

Archaeologists discovered rare Roman relics at Bremenium Fort in northern England, including 2,000-year-old preserved fruit, ...

From the Library of Alexandria to the lost works of Plato, the world is littered with ancient writings containing long-lost ...

The inundation of water was more than just provision for crops and fields: the Egyptians called the event the coming of Hapy, ...

Ancient people may have jump-started wine fermentation not with fresh grapes, but by soaking naturally sun-dried raisins.

According to National Geographic, the map depicts distances between gates in the wall surrounding the Mesopotamian city of Nippur, but for decades experts questioned its accuracy. The locations of ...

The craftsmanship on the spears shows some were likely used in battle, while one may have just been a status symbol.

A newly discovered monumental basin in Gabii hints at how early Romans experimented with city planning long before Rome’s own layers were buried. In the center of the ancient city of Gabii, just 11 ...

While most people credit Alexander Fleming for the discovery of antibiotics, ancient texts suggest that he likely wasn’t the ...

The leatherback sea turtle offers a rare look into prehistoric life and reveals how a lineage can survive mass extinctions, ...

Washington, DC— Pairing cutting-edge chemistry with artificial intelligence, a multidisciplinary team of scientists found ...