On May 24, 1844, Samuel Morse sent the world’s first telegraph message, tapping out the biblical phrase “What hath God ...

A new study shows ancient Egyptians made bronze stronger with speiss, changing what experts knew about early metalworking ...

A team of researchers has uncovered extensive remains of a semi-submerged ancient settlement along the northern coast of ...

The past has never been more visible. While ancient ruins crumble under the weight of time, weather, and human activity, a ...

The first hydraulic telegraph was invented in the fourth century B.C.E. by a Hellenistic writer on the art of war, named Aeneas Tacticus.

Research has identified the composite bow as the most lethal weapon of the Bronze Age, challenging long-held beliefs about its origins and transforming our understanding of ancient warfare. A new ...

Academics studying public toilets, grief in ancient Greece and gender cohesion in universities have won a slice of $376m in ­taxpayer funding for priority ­research.

More than six decades later, what has emerged is a military-narrational complex, in which war presents too good a story not to tell, over and over again. States, and now nonstate actors, have been ...

Unlocking the Secrets of Language Learning Introduction: The Legacy of Linguistic Discovery The Rosetta Stone is not merely a historical artifact; it represents a monumental breakthrough in the field ...

Whereas the coins of Alexander the Great depicted the Macedonian king wearing a lion’s pelt, alluding to the symbolism ...

Data from thermal camera raises questions over scope of climate-damaging pollution from gas imported via Adriatic sea.

When rolled on a moist clay tablet, these engravings left low-relief markings, signifying that the object's owner authorized ...