A timeline of 485 million years of Earth’s surface temperatures shows ancient greenhouse conditions were hotter than scientists thought.

Across the country, institutions are mounting exhibitions that connect ancient and modern periods, demonstrating the continuing influence of the art of the past. By Geraldine Fabrikant ”Time and ...

The baobab tree is known as the “tree of life” and its fruit is feeding a growing global market for natural food and beauty ...

Vases found in Guatemala offer rare physical proof of tobacco use among ancient Maya, but with a twist: This time, they didn’t inhale.

Egyptian archaeologists have announced that they recently discovered a bronze sword bearing the symbol of King Ramesses II, ...

It’s fitting that it was the expansion-minded ancient Romans who built Europe’s first super highway — they understood the ...

Scientists have unravelled a mystery about the disappearance of dwarf hippos and elephants that once roamed the picturesque landscape on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus before palaeolithic humans ...

The baobab tree is known as the "tree of life" and its fruit is feeding a growing global market for natural food and beauty ...

Over three excavation seasons, archaeologists from the Institute of Archaeology at the Jagiellonian University and the archaeological company Pryncypat, identified 23 inhumation burials—where bodies ...

Traces of it have been found in family dedications to deceased loved ones in 1st century BCE Ancient Rome ... and could buy what they didn’t have the time to make, whether clothes or tools ...

PERSEPOLIS, Iran — Conservationists at Persepolis, Iran's most iconic ancient site, are waging a delicate battle ... organisms that grow on surfaces like stone and can slowly break them down over time ...