At Egypt’s Elephantine Island, newly examined granite artifacts reveal machining marks that some experts believe couldn’t ...

At the Tayma Oasis in Saudi Arabia stands a rock split with uncanny precision—so sharp it looks like it was sliced by a laser ...

A study suggests that the first of seven key pyramids in Egypt, the Step Pyramid of Djoser, was built using a hydraulic lift. Dated to about 4,500 years ago, this would move up the introduction of ...

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

While more evidence is needed to link paleo-Americans to Japan, it is possible that they came by boat instead of crossing the ...

Scholars were wrong about prehistoric Sicily. Davide Tanasi, a professor at the University of South Florida, has new evidence that not only were horses present on the Mediterranean island earlier than ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS Since February 2021, NASA's Perseverance rover has been exploring a ...