10 Seemingly Modern Gadgets That Have Been Around Way Longer Than You'd Think
Many of the modern pieces of technology you use everyday actually evolved out of prior inventions that, in some cases, date ...
Ancient Tunic in Greek Tomb Belonged to Alexander the Great, Controversial Study Claims
The famous conqueror’s burial location remains a mystery, but new research claims that material found in one of the iconic ...
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Unraveling the ancient past, one tablet at a time
In the half-dark of a third-floor office, Danielle Levy lifted a clay tablet out of its box. Carefully examining it with ...
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Archaeologists Discover Ancient Egyptian Family Tomb Full of Necklaces, Bracelets and Rings
The 3,800-year-old site near the city of Luxor holds the remains of 11 individuals, who may have been members of the same ...
Q&A: Looking at ancient Roman plagues through an environmental lens
A pit of human bones, potential evidence of a catastrophic epidemic that struck Constantinople in 541 A.D. Sulfur deposits ...
New DNA evidence rewrites long-told stories of people in ancient Pompeii
When a volcanic eruption buried the ancient city of Pompeii, the last desperate moments of its citizens were preserved for ...
Chinese rover helps find evidence of ancient Martian shoreline
With the assistance of China's Zhurong rover, scientists have gathered fresh evidence that Mars was home to an ocean billions ...
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Ancient DNA Challenges Stories Told About Pompeii Victims
The results, published Nov. 7 in Current Biology, reveal that some of the stories told for decades about the individuals’ ...
An Ancient Golden Plaque Might Point Towards a Bounty of Roman-Era Discoveries
The search for a lost Roman temple is on. As archaeologists continued to excavate a Roman fort from the first century A.D. in ...
DNA evidence rewrites histories for people buried in volcanic eruption in ancient Pompeii
In 79 CE, the active volcanic system in southern Italy known as Somma-Vesuvius erupted, burying the small Roman town of ...
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This Stunning New Atlas Explores Humanity’s Ancient Relationship With Space and the Universe
Written by the former chief historian of NASA, the book examines the evolution of our cosmic understanding—from early civilizations to the present day ...