Rather than a volcanic winter, the Toba eruption 74,000 years ago resulted in several years of warm and dry weather, ...

BREWSTER COUNTY, Texas — An archaeological site in the Big Bend region of West Texas unveiled a trove of ancient weapons, making it “potentially the oldest example of an intact full weapon system in ...

Our human species emerged in Africa around 300,000 years ago but scientists don't yet have a clear picture of what kind of ...

Here are 7 religious tourist destinations for Christians to visit during the Easter holidays: Located in Dolok Hill, Siatas Barita, Salib Kasih, or Cross of Love, is marked with a 30-meter-high cross ...

(Related: Rediscovering China’s ancient Tea Horse Road, a branch of the famous Silk Road.) Nuodeng, a former Tea Horse Trail town, has some of the best-preserved examples of traditional Bai ...

Italian depiction of the god Mercury (Greek: Hermes) wearing a petasos, a wide-brimmed ancient Greek hat. Credit: Sailko / Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0 When one thinks of ancient Greece, the ...

Archaeologists excavating the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the ancient church in Jerusalem situated where Jesus Christ was crucified and buried, recently found evidence of ancient olive trees and ...

An ancient civilization on Mars was wiped out by a nuclear attack from another alien race. It might sound like the plot of a science fiction novel, but Harvard scientist Dr John Brandenburg ...

A mysterious underwater structure off the coast of Japan has some experts wondering if we've seriously underestimated ancient civilizations. Known as the Yonaguni Monument, 82 feet (24.99 meters) ...

An altar from the Teotihuacan culture, at the pre-Hispanic heart of what became Mexico, was discovered in Tikal National Park in Guatemala, the center of Mayan culture, demonstrating the ...

Newly published research has revealed that compositional rock anomalies within oceanic plates caused by ancient tectonics influence the trajectory and speed of the plates as they plunge deep into ...

Fashion label Hemu draws inspiration from ancient Liangzhu culture. Image via China Daily. Rather than relying on ancient motifs, designers drew from Ming Dynasty mamianqun skirts and Yuan Dynasty ...