Although the Greeks and Romans linked environmental harm with climate change to a more limited extent than we do today, they ...

More than 2,000 years ago, a Greek scientist created a death ray that could set enemy ships on fire from a long distance. But how did he do it using ancient technology?

Ancient stone tools found in Kenya may reshape human history, showing early humans used advanced technology through drastic climate changes.

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

As business leaders gather in Riyadh this week for the Saudi-Greek Business Council, the timing could not be more fitting to ...

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

Initially, it wasn't clear how the headstone had ended up in New Orleans. But as news coverage of its discovery spread, its story emerged: The ancient slab had been acquired by a U.S. soldier who ...

Archaeologists excavated hundreds of gold and silver coins in the Czech Republic they believe date back 2,500 years. The stash of coins features a mix of never-seen-before styles, some with animal ...

A German woman who stole the top of an ancient column in Olympia over half a century ago has returned it to Greece, the Greek culture ministry said Saturday. The capital of the column, made of ...

As Arctic summers grow longer and temperatures rise in the deeper layers, colonies of ancient microbes could awaken and start emitting carbon. Permafrost in northern regions currently holds about ...

Satellite imagery has uncovered 76 elaborate stone hunting traps and hundreds of previously unknown settlements in the Andean highlands of northern Chile, revealing that hunting and foraging remained ...

NEW ORLEANS — A New Orleans family cleaning up their overgrown backyard made an extremely unusual find: Under the weeds was a mysterious marble tablet with Latin characters that included the phrase ...