This silver amulet, long buried in the earth, now stands to rewrite the story of how Christianity emerged and spread across ...

Much like similar derogatory titles “siren” and “fury”, the term “harpy” is derived from a group of monstrous female figures ...

In one of Tombstone's best scenes, Doc Holliday and Johnny Ringo engage in a Latin conversation, and it's more important than fans realize.

While teaching humans about their ancient civilizations may seem like an odd job for artificial intelligence, it has ...

Greek is ranked as the richest language in the world with 5 million words and 70 million word types. It is well-known that ...

Archaeologists uncover an ancient burial site with Egyptian, Greek, and Roman graves at Tell Ruwad Iskandar, Egypt. Credit: Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities Archaeologists have uncovered an ancient ...

The word equinox comes from two Latin words meaning equal and night. That’s because on the equinox, day and night last almost the same amount of time — though one may get a few extra minutes ...

Unlike Neanderthal DNA, which makes up roughly 2% of the genome of non-African modern humans, this ancient mixing event contributed as much as 10 times that amount and is found in all modern humans.

The tomb was found within an ancient Egyptian necropolis in Abydos. The burial is located about 23 feet (7 meters) underground and contains a limestone burial chamber covered with mudbrick vaults ...

The mummy of a first-century-B.C. individual found in Egypt was not pregnant and did not have cancer, according to a new CT study.