Ancient China began as a group of isolated communities during the Stone Age and eventually grew into a formidable empire. Ancient Chinese people developed their own writing system and several ...

With Jesus suffering by association with Russell Brand, it’s with some relief that some new gods are “in town” to put the cred back into sacred. Unlike that opening sentence, Ancient India ...

Italian police say they chased down a German tourist after spotting him transporting an ancient Roman artifact on a rented e-scooter. Officers apprehended the 24-year-old on Wednesday evening ...

A procession of gods marches across the wall of what may have been a royal mausoleum near Hattusa, capital of the lost Hittite Empire. The ancient city—in what is today central Türkiye—was ...

As the researchers compared sensilla and odontodes, they also arrived at another finding: One species, once considered to be an ancient fish, was actually an arthropod. Haridy’s original aim was ...

The types of pollen and the quantities of pollen grains found at a site help researchers reconstruct ancient forests, track sea-level changes and identify the fingerprints of significant events ...

Researchers believe they've cracked the mystery of a mummified "rainbow dragon" that's been sitting in a Japanese treasure house for centuries. The "dragon" has been stashed at the Shosoin ...

Scientists have identified a new pod of ancient hunter-gatherers who lived near the land bridge between North America and South America about 6,000 years ago.Researchers are still charting how ...

It was not immediately clear how the man came to be in possession of the ancient artefact, which weighed around 30 kilograms. The Special Superintendence of Archaeology, Fine Arts and Landscape ...

Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered three tombs dating back more than 3,500 years. The tombs of prominent statesmen were discovered in the Dra Abu el-Naga necropolis in the southern Egyptian ...

The results suggest that prehistoric human populations probably began carrying their cats along ancient land and sea trade routes to control rodents. By comparing the DNA of cats throughout ...

The James Webb Space Telescope's deepest view of a single target yet depicts spinning arcs of light that are galaxies from the universe's distant past, the European Space Agency said Tuesday. The ...