WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Scientists in recent years have made progress in finding ancient DNA in fossils, gaining insight into organisms that lived long ago. Proteins, a cell's molecular machinery ...

Ancient Inscriptions Shed New Light on Who Built Egypt’s Great Pyramid A groundbreaking archaeological discovery in Egypt has revealed fresh evidence about the workforce behind the construction of the ...

#StepPyramid #PyramidOfDjoser #OldestPyramid The Step Pyramid of King Djoser at Saqqara is the oldest large-scale monumental stone structure in Egypt and the world. Ancient Egypt, part of the ...

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

For this, a 25-foot (7.5-meter) dugout canoe was made using replicas of ancient stone tools. The canoe was paddled about 140 miles (225 kilometers) across the open ocean, connecting eastern Taiwan ...

Earth Science Ancient Rocks in Canada Are Almost as Old as the Earth Itself Rocks older than 4.03 billion years could shed light on Earth's earliest geological history, but they're incredibly rare.

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.

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Mathematics in ancient Egypt Calculation principles found in a papyrus scroll, and an author shares his love of lichens in this week’s pick from the Nature archive.

Farming Was Extensive in Ancient North America, Study Finds A millenniums-old settlement in Michigan has archaeologists rethinking the rise of agriculture on the continent.

News Man Smashes Ancient Terracotta Warriors in China A museum visitor reportedly damaged two sculptures in the famous third-century “Terracotta Army” in the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor.