A digital atlas of ancient Rome’s highways and byways reveals a road network that was more extensive than thought.

Ancient DNA from southern Africa is rewriting the story of our species, revealing that some early humans in this region lived ...

New research reveals a prehistoric shark 115 million years older than Megalodon, rewriting the timeline of shark ancestry.

The extinction of the dinosaurs may be ancient history, but that history continues to be rewritten, thanks in part to a professor at New Mexico State University.

Because this record survived, we know more about ancient Chinese history, the rotation of the Earth, and past solar activity ...

It comes to auction with a £60,000-£80,000 ($80,370-$107,160) estimate. In ancient Rome, private residences often reflected the citizenry’s love for the mosaic tradition through artworks, like a ...

A new book argues that civilizations built on centralized wealth and power contain the seeds of their own destruction.

As Prime Video gears up to revived one of the best sci-fi franchises ever, it's time to plan a complete rewatch of Stargate.

Debate has long surrounded when humans first traveled into Sahul, the ancient landmass that is now Australia, New Guinea and ...

In Spain, the Cave of the Bats, Albuñol, held a major secret: bowstrings discovered in the 19th century predate those used by ...

Scientists found 3.3 billion-year-old biosignatures in ancient meteorites and fossils—a billion years older than we thought ...

Newly analyzed Arctic fossils show that marine ecosystems recovered astonishingly fast after the “great dying.” More than 30,000 teeth, bones, and other fossil fragments from a 249-million-year-old ...