Blue is everywhere today, but ancient people seemed blind to it. From Homer’s “wine-dark sea” to missing blue in ancient art, ...

Scientists have recovered genetic material from a skull found in northeastern China, which they say reveals the most complete ...

According to the inscription, five top-ranking officials had been ordered to seek medicinal herbs near Mount Kunlun, a ...

A remarkable discovery in China has linked the 'Dragon Man' skull to the elusive Denisovans, an extinct human group ...

Fifteen years after the discovery of a new type of human, the Denisovan, scientists discovered its DNA in a fossilized skull.

Certain mysteries from the ancient world are still largely unexplained today and continue to puzzle scientists and researchers.

The runes, numbering 255 in total, were discovered in 2018 when a tree fell and exposed a carefully carved inscription in ...

Legends surround ancient Indian temples like Somnath and Konark, showcasing advanced scientific understanding. The Somnath ...

Over millennia, humans have been better at inventing ways of writing than remembering how to read what we’ve written. We use ...

An ancient star with a strange elemental fingerprint may be the missing clue to one of astronomy’s greatest unsolved ...

A high school librarian found an old Bible at Boerne High School dating back to 1614. No one knows who brought it to Boerne ...

She's a mythical figure of ancient history: discover the secrets of Cleopatra, the inimitable Queen of Egypt, with the ...