A historian’s hunch about what might lie hidden within the walls of a Japanese church in Salt Lake City led congregants to ...

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

In a remote corner of China, thousands of ancient sculptures are carved into the face of a quiet cliff — far from cities and ...

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

This video explores how ancient civilizations built things so advanced that even modern science cannot explain them. From ...

Ancient Greeks encoded the secrets of their civilization in ways hidden in plain sight, shaping a legacy that endures through ...

Your brain transforms thoughts into speech using an ancient blueprint: the sensorimotor control system. New research reveals ...

The integrity of a 4,000-year-old burial ground will be protected as part of the development of the East West Rail line. The site on Money Hill, between Haslingfield and Barrington in Cambridgeshire, ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The Staten Island Herb Society will delve into the dark side of botanical history when it presents Ancient Poisons at its Oct. 27 meeting at the Biddle House in Tottenville.

A telltale hint was on the bee’s knees. An analysis of 127 fossil flowers, flower buds and bees from central Germany revealed pollen particles that precisely matched ancient flowers to their ...

Ancient bones, artifacts and texts offer numerous insights into the past, as does the chewing gum that Neolithic people chewed on and spat out long ago. Analysis of lumps of birch bark tar from ...

Earth's Ediacaran Period, roughly 630 to 540 million years ago, has always been something of a magnetic minefield for scientists. During earlier and later time periods, tectonic plates kept a steady ...