A 3,000-year-old relief reveals how Assyrian divers used stealth tactics and flotation devices to wage silent river warfare.

This remarkable Corinthian-style helmet from the Battle of Marathon was reputedly discovered in 1834 with a human skull still inside.

China's Tianwen-2 spacecraft is scheduled to launch this week and will study two solar system bodies up close.

After leaving Earth, Tianwen-2 will reach Kamo‘oalewa by July 2026. This tiny, elongated asteroid likely spans no more than ...

The earliest documented name for the inlet was "Nar Marratu" (Bitter River) in ancient Elamite-Assyrian texts. By the 6th century BCE, the terms "Persian Gulf" or "Persian ... commissioned by Darius ...

It was conquered by and resisted empires and contributed to the development and spread of the Greek alphabet.   When Greece ...

The loudest cheers of victory in the brief India-Pakistan war are congratulating the Pakistani pilots who flew Chinese-built ...

Pakistan claimed the six downed Indian aircraft included three Rafales armed with European-built air-to-air Meteor missiles, a French Mirage 2000 jet, one Russian-supplied SU-30MKI, and one Russian ...

The Uncharted series has taken us treasure-hunting across the globe. We’ve discovered precious historical artifacts, fought tribal enemies, and even fell in love. But if you’ve been diligent enough to ...

A set of ancient wooden spears may be younger than scientists thought and wielded by Neanderthals instead of their ancestors. The complete spears made of spruce and pine are among the oldest known ...

Ancient Persia is now modern-day Iran, and its entire southern coast stretches along the Persian Gulf. Iran’s governments, going back to the pre-revolution era of the shah, have stoutly defended ...

So Liu and colleagues searched databases of ancient Chinese poems for references to the porpoise, sometimes called the “river pig” or other nicknames. After ruling out references based on ...