A massive Ancient Egyptian fortress emerges in the Sinai and redefines how the empire's eastern border was defended.

Images of plants painted on pottery made up to 8,000 years ago may be the earliest example of humans’ mathematical thought, a study has found.

Australia's iconic red landscapes have been home to Aboriginal culture and recorded in songlines for tens of thousands of ...

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Did you know that ancient acoustics can give us a peek into the past? Many ancient buildings & structures have incredible effects on sound waves, suggesting that early cultures built these spaces that ...

Mars once had sprawling river systems that rivaled major watersheds on Earth, and scientists have now identified the biggest ones for the first time. Researchers mapped 16 massive drainage basins ...

Ancient Rome didn’t just dominate the ancient world — it pioneered extreme urban living. At its peak, between 800,000 and 1.2 million people lived within a footprint of just 24 km², giving Rome a ...

As the US Justice Department began releasing highly anticipated files related to investigations into Jeffrey Epstein, social media users spread a picture they claimed shows the late convicted sex ...

A nearly 1,800-year-old silver amulet found in a grave in Germany has been revealed to be a special and unique artifact. It has provided the oldest evidence of Christianity discovered anywhere north ...

The European Space Agency has released new images of a rare "butterfly" crater on the Red Planet. The bug-like structure sports a pair of smooth, rocky wings, which were likely "fluidized" by buried ...

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