A remarkable prehistoric hammer made from elephant bone, dating back nearly half a million years ago, has been uncovered in ...

Handprints on the walls of Indonesian caves may be the oldest rock art studied so far, dating back at least 67,800 years ...

The project, described by Pompeii officials as Bruits de couloir (“corridor whispers”), used Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI), a computational photography technique that photographs a surface ...

Ancient wind catchers, developed over 5,000 years ago in the Middle East, formed the basis of modern passive cooling systems.

Ancient messages and drawings are among hundreds of inscriptions that archaeologists recently uncovered on a wall in Pompeii.

Proof that ancient civilizations were possibly more advanced than us.

For as long as humans have buried their dead, they've dreamed of keeping them close. The ancient Fayum portraits—those ...

The world’s first robot operated in Ancient Greece—the automatic maid was the name of a technological miracle during the ...

A love note, a gladiatorial combat scene, a barrage of insults and everyday confessions have emerged on a wall in Pompeii, ...

Ancient Rhodes was not merely an island; it was a sophisticated maritime power that defined the Hellenistic world.

Explore whether a “gambling gene” exists and how genetics, technology, and culture intertwine to shape humanity’s growing ...