Israeli archaeologists have uncovered the remains of a royal palace at the Alexandrium fortress, offering fresh insights into ...

The microbe Pyrodictium abyssi is an archaeon—a member of what's known as the third domain of life—and an extremophile. It ...

Europe's mighty Danube River flows through major cities like Vienna and Budapest, but consider strolling along its banks in ...

Recent excavations in Pompeii reveal that slaves in certain villas were sometimes better nourished than ordinary citizens. Despite their harsh living conditions, the diet provided to maintain their ...

When a dominant male dies or is kicked out by an intruding male [the] new lead male will usually adopt young pups.” “It ...

New Vegas, the jankiest little post-apocalyptic RPG that could. With the second season of the TV show setting its sights on ...

Academically, I am from a science background. Dates, years and odd names of emperors were never my cup of tea. Still, some ...

While slaves in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii were considered no more than "speaking tools", some received better food ...

Section of Panel 1 of the Ketton Mosaic shows Hector, prince of Troy, in his chariot. (©ULAS). A second-century Roman coin from Ilium in Turkey, labelled ‘Hector’, is an earlier example of the same ...

The final integration of the telescope's major observatory components took place on Nov. 25 inside NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, where engineers brought together the ...

Calakmul remained relatively undisturbed until gum harvesters in Mexico led an American botanist to them in 1931. Here’s what ...

The ArchDaily curatorial team looks back at a few key projects they thought deserved a deeper look through their "Project ...