Researchers recreated ancient Egyptian blue pigment and uncovered insights into its production, variability, and future tech ...

Ancient Lost Worlds and Hidden History. On location videos made by author and adventurer Brien Foerster exploring Peru, ...

The results suggest that prehistoric human populations probably began carrying their cats along ancient land and sea ... major differences in their genetic makeup, and one of the few traits ...

A new study argues that ancient rattles unearthed in Syria aren ... Fragments of 4500-year-old baby rattles match the chemical makeup of other ceramic housewares from Hama.

Scientists studied the genetic makeup of seven Maya individuals—including one who was the victim of human sacrifice.

From Maine to Florida, the endangered, prehistoric fish is rebounding, but a recent study shows just how vulnerable the U.S. population remains ...

Greece has about 6000 islands, 230 of which are inhabited. Here is a map explaining all of the Greek island groups.

A recent genetic analysis of a wild rose species native to China may give researchers insights into the ancient history of the world’s mom popular flower. The genus ...

A plant used by the ancient Greeks for medicine, food and even contraception, was one of the most sought-after goods in the ...

Palaeontologists used ancient molecules to identify a cranium found near Harbin in northeastern China as belonging to the ...

It can tell us about vegetation, climate and even human activity through time. Pollen grains are far more than allergens — they are also nature’s time capsules, preserving clues about Earth’s past ...

This was the office of Salem Abdullah, archaeological director of the ancient city of Assur, which once thrived on this rock as the capital of the Assyrian Empire. Abdullah, who was raised in a ...