Remote cave discovery shows ancient voyagers brought rice across 2,300 km of Pacific Ocean by Hsiao-chun Hung, The Conversation edited by Gaby Clark, reviewed by Andrew Zinin Editors' notes ...

Rice is difficult to grow in the Pacific, so how did it end up in a cave? Archaeologists reveal the hidden history of this ancient and well-travelled grain.

Why Were Ancient Statues of This Egyptian Female Pharaoh Destroyed? Shattered depictions of Hatshepsut have long thought to be products of her successor’s violent hatred towards her, but a new ...

An archaeologist has studied broken statues of Queen Hatshepsut—one of the few women to rule as an Egyptian pharaoh, 4,000 years ago—and found that they were not attacked during the ...

Explore how geography, in particular the sea, shaped ancient Greece's agricultural practices, approach to trade and warfare, and colonial expansion.

An expert said there could be more scrolls out there as artificial intelligence and other new technology helps to decipher the ancient messages.

Discovery of three ancient Egyptian tombs uncover secrets no one could have imagined A significant discovery by Egyptian archaeologists on Luxor's West Bank have provided an insight into elite ...

NASA's Curiosity rover explored Mars' Gale Crater, finding "boxwork" patterns and evidence of ancient waterways, providing clues about the red planet's watery past.

The city is putting its own firefighters at risk unless it pours hundreds of millions of dollars into renovating the FDNY’s century-old firehouses.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday (June 28, 2025) India is the most ancient living civilisation of the world due to the immortal ideas and philosophies of its saints and seers.

Dodging fire-ants, snakes and millions of nighttime creepy-crawlies, a group of trekkers advances through the humid Bornean rainforest, scanning with torches for some of the jungle's most unlikely ...

Discover the Bearded Pig, one of Borneo's most fascinating and elusive creatures. Known for its distinctive appearance and rare habitat, this species offers a glimpse into the diverse wildlife of ...