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

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 ...

After the collapse of the Chalcolithic culture around 3500 BCE, people in Jordan’s Murayghat transformed their way of life, shifting from domestic settlements to ritual landscapes filled with dolmens, ...

Like 'monks' in the Middle Ages, volunteers are working to preserve cultural treasures they fear are under threat 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 ...