It was an ordinary afternoon, or at least, that’s what I thought. I was visiting an old archive, flipping through fragile ...

Sep. 25, 2024 — Scientists successfully extracted and analyzed DNA from ancient cheese samples found alongside the Tarim Basin mummies in China, dating back approximately 3,600 years.

From the death cults of Egypt to the fearsome yet sophisticated society of the Vikings, the ancient world was a surprising and challenging place. Explore the in-depth sections below. The ancient ...

It just won't die! And speaking of battery, with my replacement hi-capacity battery, I only charge this ancient phone every 2, sometimes 3 days. I am only now looking for a phone because ...

A learned man, he restored the region’s ancient architectural and cultural traditions, especially those from the Akkadian Empire, which had dominated Mesopotamia in the third millennium B.C.—a ...

A strange object with a “cheesy” smell turned out to be an ancient discovery, one of the largest of its kind in Ireland. Oftentimes, ancient discoveries come out of archaeological sites ...

Neanderthals had already been extinct for around 20,000 years by this point. It’s not clear why ancient humans and other animals in this group lived in this seemingly harsh climate rather than ...

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At the heart of the ancient city of Petra ... we’ve got something,” Creasman said he told the explorer over the phone. With a film crew, the team excavated the newly uncovered tomb in ...

By 4,000 B.C.E., the Chinese were studying the movement of the sun relative to Earth and refining their solar building techniques. The ancient Greeks made good use of passive solar design as well.

The smaller geoglyphs were along ancient winding trails likely made throughout the desert by Nazca people viewing the symbols in small groups, according to the study. The bigger Nazca symbols were ...

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