Builders knew how to keep people cool in hot, dry climates thousands of years ago. It's time to get that knowledge back.

If there’s one bit of Ancient Roman history most people know, it’s that the rich and powerful loved watching slaves and ...

They drilled more than 1,000 feet into the ice and extracted a sample core that spans 41,000 years of history ... have now identified more than 1,700 ancient viruses, though they note that ...

From Nefertiti to Helen of Troy, history is filled with legendary women ... so let’s meet the Four Beauties of ancient China.

The study of celestial objects ran throughout ancient Egyptian culture. Religious events were fixed by the movements of the sun and moon, star charts were carved into the lids of tombs ...

The Egyptians were among the most adept astronomers in ancient history, and their legacy echoes to this day. It was in ancient Egypt that the 365-day calendar was born, and the 24-hour day. They ...

The scene is almost replicated today, showing how early tests such as this played a part in the history of gymnastics. Credit: Jebulon/CC0 Gymnastics is the gravity-defying sport, whose roots stretch, ...

Although the paint, exposed over centuries to wind and rain, has long since faded away. Founded over 2,000 years ago along the ancient Arabian trade routes, Petra was at one time home to a community ...

The revised Cambridge Ancient History is a brilliant achievement for undergraduate, scholar and informed layman alike; up-to-date, authoritative, readable but never complacent. In an age of ...

Looting happened consistently throughout the history of ancient Egypt, but it was most prevalent during the First and Second Intermediate Periods, which followed the Old and Middle Kingdoms ...

An international team of researchers led by archaeologist Dr. Dylan Gaffney says a sample of 50,000-year-old tree resin collected by ancient humans using “sophisticated technological processes” show ...

The ancient ocean floors resting at the core-mantle boundary only serve to remind us of the planet’s nuanced and enthralling history. The full study was published in the journal Science Advances. Like ...