Although the Greeks and Romans linked environmental harm with climate change to a more limited extent than we do today, they ...

Archaeologists have uncovered evidence of a ritual-based site that may have been built long before the rise of Maya rulers ...

As researchers discover overlooked tattoos on mummies from around the world, it's prompting new insights about some of the ...

Ancient trees may have played a key role in regulating Earth's climate during the last ice age—by 'breathing' less ...

A study by research teams at the National Museum of Natural Science and National Taiwan University has, for the first time, ...

The archaeologists that found the stone-paved chamber, located inside a hilltop fort in Scotland, still aren’t sure exactly ...

Anthropologist Christopher Bae has recently suggested we add two new species of ancient human to our family tree. The plans ...

When rolled on a moist clay tablet, these engravings left low-relief markings, signifying that the object's owner authorized ...

The route from the land of the dead to San Andrés Mixquic, a little town just outside Mexico City, is lined with marigolds.

The Netherlands will return a 3,500-year-old sculpture to Egypt three years after the head turned up at an art fair and ...

The ancient Assyrians couldn’t exactly take to the phones like the IRS, making incessant calls demanding that loyal subjects ...

Long ago, some saltwater fish adapted to freshwater — and in doing so, developed an extraordinary sense of hearing rivaling ...