Explore 25 advanced ancient technologies that modern science still cannot fully explain. From pyramids to precision stonework ...

Depictions of dogs in Maya art and archaeological finds point to a variety of possible roles in the ancient culture.

Seleucus of Seleucia was an ancient astronomer who defended heliocentrism, arguing that Earth orbits the Sun and rotates on ...

Studying ancient history means encountering some unsettling traditions. For me, that included learning about “sunjang,” a ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

Researchers have recreated the world's oldest synthetic pigment, called Egyptian blue, which was used in ancient Egypt about 5,000 years ago. A team of Washington State University-led researchers has ...

A puzzling wrinkled rock formation in Morocco has led scientists to rethink where ancient microbes could live. Instead of shallow, sunlit waters, these microbes may have thrived deep in the ocean, ...

Nearly 70 years ago, archaeologists discovered an ancient suit of armor beneath one of the island nation’s most prominent ...