Archaeologists uncovered ancient puppet-like figurines. Estimated to be around 2,400 years old, they oddly resemble modern ...

Just steps from the center of Tikal, a 2,400-year-old Maya city in the heart of modern-day Guatemala, a global team of researchers has unearthed a buried altar that could unlock the secrets of a ...

Three Icelandic artists reimagine myth, drapery, and the northern lights in a new exhibition at Galerie de Buci, Paris.

Ancient Engravings On Rocks by American Whalers Is Australia's Oldest Sign of White Colonization The Dampier Archipelago in ...

Since the late 1800s, women have studied Ancient Egypt, but it wasn't always easy to enter the profession. Here are 8 trailblazers who led the way.

Ziv Nitzan, a 3½-year-old girl, found a 3,800-year-old scarab amulet during a trip to Tel Azeka, near Beit Shemesh, in Israel.

Instead of referring to sounds in an essentially arbitrary way, pictures refer to the world. As such, they require no ...

The Rod of Asclepius is a striking emblem: a simple staff with a lone snake coiled around it, universally acknowledged as a symbol of medicine and healing.

It may look like just another random boulder, but this old Spanish rock bears engraved lines that could be an astounding 200,000 years old, according to government officials. The age of the lines ...

To help find solutions to the planet's climate crisis, MIT Associate Professor Daniel Suess is looking to Earth's ancient past. Early in the evolution of life, cells gained the ability to perform ...

A man who drew a Nazi symbol on his chest outside a war memorial in northwest Sydney has pleaded guilty less than a month after the act. Jack Rodger Marvelly faced Parramatta Local Court on ...

Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus. Credit: Carole Raddato / CC-BY-SA-2.0 / Wikimedia Commons Many ancient structures have stood the test of time, serving communities for centuries. Unlike modern buildings ...