The ancient world was probably filled with magicians using science only a few understood, but the works of one man have ...

Clues from a digital reconstruction of a lavish ancient home are changing how researchers understand Pompeii’s elite.

As far as kitchen staples, you don’t really get much better than olive oil. It can do it all—jazz up a salad, sauté vegetables, add a nice crisp to some noodles, and more. Humans have been using olive ...

A new radiocarbon study has clarified the timing of the colossal Thera eruption, placing it before Egypt’s New Kingdom.

Scientists from Arizona State University and other institutions finally assigned a species name to a fossil known as the ...

The first humans arrived upon the landmass now known as Australia around 60,000 years ago along two distinct routes, ...

Ultimately, these 573 fortresses redefine what we know about northern China’s prehistory. Long before the first emperors ...

A new study using advanced fossil imaging reveals that ancient pterosaurs may have mastered flight almost instantly when they ...

Olive oil is the Swiss army knife of foodstuffs. It can dress salads, sauté vegetables, even grease squeaky hinges. And for ...