A new study shows ancient Egyptians made bronze stronger with speiss, changing what experts knew about early metalworking ...

When you think of ancient Egypt, you might imagine towering pyramids, majestic temples, and the noseless Great Sphinx of Giza ...

Scientists used DNA testing on 1,200-year-old feces to detect E. coli, pinworms, and Giardia in ancient Mexico, and found ...

Now, groundbreaking research published in the Journal of Cultural Heritage has finally unraveled the chemical mystery behind this extraordinary preservation phenomenon. The teenage boy's remains, ...

"One of them was just lying on the ice, completely intact." Researchers stunned as melting ice reveals ancient Viking ...

The finding may allow archaeologists to determine whether a woman was pregnant or had recently given birth at the time of her death.

From Roman curse tablets to severed heads on Iberian walls and a decapitated bog body in Ireland—these are the most chilling ...

While it may seem farfetched to imagine northern Africa’s Sahara Desert alive with thick vegetation and giant freshwater lakes, radar imaging is helping researchers see through the desert’s endless ...

More than a thousand years ago, astronomers from the Maya civilization developed one of the most sophisticated time-keeping ...

Learn more about Epiatheracerium itjilik, the Arctic rhino species that is the northernmost rhino ever found.

Scientists dug into paleofeces for a new study, learning some very intimate details about how long-ago people lived.

At the edge of East Antarctica, where the wind howls through a white emptiness and the air bites harder than steel, ...