This week, explore decoded words from charred ancient scrolls, meet heroic frog daddies, see Grand Canyon-size lunar features ...

Sediment cores from the Aegean Sea reveal that human-driven lead contamination began 5,200 years ago—much earlier than expected. This pollution is tied to shifts in economy and land use, culminating ...

As people celebrate the beginning of the new Chinese lunar year, the Year of the Snake, what do snakes symbolize in mythology?

Beneath the surface, remarkable treasures remain buried, slowly succumbing to time and nature. Once symbols of wealth and history, these hidden gems now rest untouched, waiting to be rediscovered.

The Wollemi Pine’s bark looks like bubbling chocolate—but its real secret? It’s a 200-million-year-old survivor from the age ...

A solar eclipse in the year 2471 BC may have influenced architectural change in Egypt, challenging Pharaonic traditions.

Burial Chamber Reveals 1,200-Year-Old Upright Viking Swords, Symbol of Respect to Valhalla Warriors Two ancient Viking swords ...

Göbekli Tepe: The oldest known megalithic site Avebury: Largest stone circle surpassing Stonehenge Carnac Stones: Thousands of ancient stones in Brittany, France ...

Rare Corinthian helmet to be auctioned in London Bronze helmet could link to Spartan warrior Auction expected to fetch $72,000 to $108,000 ...

but also that they must be ancient: at least half a billion years old, perhaps even older. These observations contradict the idea of a well-mixed and fast-flowing Earth's mantle, a theory that is ...

So far as paleontologists have been able to reconstruct the ancient Earth at the time, the extinction was a protracted grind of climate and environmental change. The most likely trigger is ...