Synchrotron radiation has revealed a star map made by the ancient astronomer Hipparchus that was thought to be lost to time ...

Archaeologists have found 5,000-year-old ancient Egyptian rock art in the Sinai Desert that depicts the conquest of the region. Archaeologists have discovered 5,000-year-old rock art in the Sinai ...

The Antikythera Mechanism was a hand-cranked system of interlocking bronze gears designed to model the heavens. Turning the crank revealed the positions of the Sun, Moon, and the five planets visible ...

Almost a hundred new animal species that survived a mass extinction event half a billion years ago have been discovered in a ...

Thousands of years before the invention of compasses or sails, prehistoric peoples crossed oceans to reach remote lands like ...

Two artifacts found at a lake shore in Greece are the oldest wooden tools to be uncovered so far and date back 430,000 years. One is a spindly stick about ...

Long before Sputnik launched, something else may have already been orbiting Earth. Known as the Black Knight Satellite, this ...

Jetwing Surf and Safari, the eco-luxury retreat in Pottuvil on Sri Lanka’s magnetic East Coast, has been recognised by global ...

China's Chang'e-6 mission just cracked a big moon mystery: why the far side has barely any volcanoes. By studying rocks from the South Pole-Aitken Basin, scientists found evidence that a massive ...

ROME (AP) — One of the best-preserved ancient Roman homes on the Palatine Hill is opening to the public for the first time, albeit via a livestreamed tour of its hard-to-reach underground frescoes and ...