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Although the Greeks and Romans linked environmental harm with climate change to a more limited extent than we do today, they ...

Throughout history, various figures have made predictions that seemed far-fetched at the time but have astonishingly come ...

It is clear that the sprawling city of Teotihuacan near Mexico City was a major metropolis of the ancient world, but what do ...

The ancient Assyrians couldn’t exactly take to the phones like the IRS, making incessant calls demanding that loyal subjects ...

As researchers discover overlooked tattoos on mummies from around the world, it's prompting new insights about some of the ...

In an excerpt from his new book Dinner with King Tut, Sam Kean explores a weird and wild '90s experiment to replicate ancient ...

Ancient trees may have played a key role in regulating Earth's climate during the last ice age—by 'breathing' less ...

Anthropologist Christopher Bae has recently suggested we add two new species of ancient human to our family tree. The plans ...

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The archaeologists that found the stone-paved chamber, located inside a hilltop fort in Scotland, still aren’t sure exactly ...

New research shows that the rise of Sumer was deeply tied to the tidal and sedimentary dynamics of ancient Mesopotamia. Early ...