At Egypt’s Elephantine Island, newly examined granite artifacts reveal machining marks that some experts believe couldn’t ...

Across Egypt and beyond stone surfaces reveal machining marks so precise they raise questions about what tools ancient ...

A new study shows ancient Egyptians made bronze stronger with speiss, changing what experts knew about early metalworking ...

Research has identified the composite bow as the most lethal weapon of the Bronze Age, challenging long-held beliefs about its origins and transforming our understanding of ancient warfare. A new ...

Archaeologists in the Middle East have unearthed a stunning 5,500 year old piece of evidence that changes what we know about ...

Scientists used DNA testing on 1,200-year-old feces to detect E. coli, pinworms, and Giardia in ancient Mexico, and found ...

The computer modeling revealed that prehistoric humans influenced European landscapes through two primary mechanisms: deliberate burning of trees and shrubs to create more open habitats, and hunting ...

Near the end of his reign, French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte led an army of over half a million men in an invasion of Russia ...

Ancient DNA reveals Napoleon’s army was decimated by hidden fevers, not typhus, during the disastrous 1812 Russian invasion.

But there is a strong push for Indian Knowledge Systems, as evident from the addition of courses on Kala Ganana (traditional Indian time keeping), Bharatiya Bijganit (Indian algebra), Shulva Sutra ...

For centuries, an enigma has remained hidden within the pages of the Dresden Codex, one of the few precious Maya books that ...

A new analysis of chemical signatures measured by NASA's Curiosity Rover gives a peek at Mars's past to a time some 3.7 ...