After more than a century of speculation, researchers have traced the likely origins of the legendary Hjortspring boat through chemical analysis of its construction materials and the discovery of an ...

The discovery site at East Farm, Barnham, England lies hidden within a disused clay pit tucked away in the wooded landscape between Thetford and Bury St Edmunds. Professor Nick Ashton from the British ...

Pompeii Archeological Park site map, with showing where the ancient building site is located, with colour coded piles of raw construction materials (right): purple: debris; green: piles of dry ...

Archaeologists working in the historic Turkish city of İznik have revealed a stunning third-century fresco depicting Jesus as the "Good Shepherd"—the only known example of this iconic Christian motif ...

Researchers have confirmed the first known example of cleft lip and palate in an ancient Andean trophy head from southern Peru, offering unprecedented insights into how these early societies viewed ...

A remarkably intact pottery vessel dating back more than 10,000 years has been recovered from the depths of Lake Biwa, Japan, marking one of the oldest and most significant ceramic discoveries in ...

Scientists have proven historical queens were “38.8%” more likely to declare war than kings. Catherine the Great came to power following a coup d'état that she organized—resulting in her husband, ...

Thanks to scientific discoveries, we know for certain that life on Earth depends upon the sun. But long before scientists even discovered that our planet revolves around it, ancient cultures ...

According to Classical mythology, the Nine Muses are the daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne (or Memory). The ancient Greeks and Romans believed that these goddesses granted inspiration to those involved ...

A NASA planetary scientist has proposed what may be the first scientifically sound explanation for the mysterious Star of Bethlehem that guided the three wise men to the infant Jesus over two ...

The Chinese Ming Dynasty lasted for 276 years (1368 – 1644 AD), and has been described as “one of the greatest eras of orderly government and social stability in human history.” This dynasty became a ...

Dr. Linda Boutoille from Queens University Belfast conducted a meticulous examination of the bracelet using a high-resolution digital microscope, magnifying its surface up to 220 times. What she ...