Recent reports have been circulating that the famous Antikythera Mechanism may have just been a toy for children rather than an advanced ancient computer. What is the basis for this remarkable claim, ...

Apr. 2, 2025 — Jurassic dinosaurs milled about ancient Scottish lagoons, leaving up to 131 footprints at a newly discovered stomping ground on the Isle of Skye in Scotland, according to a new ...

Though few have heard of the ancient queen, nearly everyone has heard of her grandson, Alexander the Great. "This is the only appropriate location that we have determined may be the ancient city ...

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A study suggests that the first of seven key pyramids in Egypt, the Step Pyramid of Djoser, was built using a hydraulic lift. Dated to about 4,500 years ago, this would move up the introduction of ...

After a pope dies, the Catholic Church chooses its next leader through an ancient electoral process called the "papal conclave." In practice, since at least 1276, the conclave gathers the church ...

However, for philosophers, talk of a “wound of human nature” suggests so much more. Why we seek love, according to philosophers from ancient Greece Humans are inherently wounded, the Greek ...

Is it the end of the world as we know it? The Prophecy of the Popes, a 900-year-old prescient manuscript, is believed by some to predict the next pontiff — and the end of the world. Pope Francis ...

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Passover, which begins at sundown Saturday, commemorates the Israelites’ liberation from slavery in ancient Egypt ... an organization called Heart and Hamsa with actress and activist Noa ...