An international team of academics led by Professor Garrick Allen at the University of Glasgow has successfully recovered 42 ...

From the Kremlin to Silicon Valley, some of the most powerful people in the world now want something more: eternal life.

I have many hobbies. I love reading most,” Chinese President Xi Jinping once said. For Xi, reading is more than a personal ...

Rebel fighters are targeting the country’s rich cultural history and selling valuable artifacts to the highest bidder in the ...

A newly confirmed mass grave in ancient Jordan offers chilling insight into one of history’s first pandemics. Hundreds of ...

Giant octopuses may have ruled the ancient oceans 100 million years ago, when dinosaurs roamed the land, according to new ...

What defines a contemporary Western nation? Most of the shared characteristics of these otherwise ethnically and ...

Decoded cuneiform tablets reveal early societies’ magic, politics, and bureaucracy, including rare rituals, king lists, and ...

A papyrus that contains part of Homer's "Iliad" has been discovered inside the abdomen of a mummy in Egypt. Other mummies at ...

Researchers uncover 4,000-year-old Cyclopean structures in Georgia, revealing a complex ancient civilization with rich ritual ...

Scientists thawed the ancient sample from the Alazeya River in northeastern Siberia, and to their surprise, the creature woke ...

An Open Letter to Mike van Graan: a response to his open letter to opera singer Aviva Pelham on her objection to UCT awarding ...