Women washing clothes in ancient Athens. Credit: Louvre Museum, Public Domain Family Life and Gender Roles in ancient Athens As we have already seen, the oikos were the foundation and the cornerstone ...

Scientists Just Found the First Evidence of the Milky Way on an Ancient Egyptian Sarcophagus A goddess of the sky may contain even more multitudes than previously believed.

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Instead, it was a reenactment of an ancient Egyptian battle organized by the 41 students in ARCH 1630: “Fighting Pharaohs: Ancient Egyptian Warfare.” The reenactment was staged as part of the students ...

Texas A&M University. "Volcanic history and clues to ancient life on Mars." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 18 April 2025. <www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2025 / 04 / 250418125329.htm>.

While most people searching for signs of alien life these days might have their eyes on the exoplanet K2-18b, one team of researchers is keeping their sights a little closer to home.

Perseverance, NASA’s most advanced robotic explorer, landed in the Jezero Crater on Feb. 18, 2021, as part of the Mars 2020 mission ’s search for signs of ancient microbial life on the Red Planet.

KYRENIA, Cyprus – A remarkable archaeological find off the coast of Cyprus continues to captivate historians and scientists alike, shedding light on the lives of ordinary traders from over 2,300 years ...

A new book, The Library of Ancient Wisdom by Selena Wisnom at the University of Leicester, UK, pieces together a vivid portrait of Mesopotamian life from the shattered remnants of the 30,000 or so ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A close up of the Mars rock of interest, showing where the poppy seeds and leopard spots ...

In the study’s conclusion, the researchers say their work can offer a new tool to help finally solve the mystery of water and life on ancient Mars. They also believe their findings could provide fresh ...

On Sept. 24, 2023, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft swung past Earth to drop off precious cargo: 121.6 g of rocks and dust collected from the surface of the asteroid Bennu. Born from the rocky detritus ...