Stretching across two-thirds of our planet, Asia harbors secrets that span millions of years of human history. From the ...

Long before clocks or written calendars existed, ancient farming communities faced a life-or-death problem; they needed to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Our species emerged in Africa approximately a quarter of a million years ago and quickly spread across Eurasia, and eventually ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image Credit: Shutterstock. Long before anyone could download a stargazing app or buy a telescope from a department store, ancient ...

The Archimedes screw, an ancient Greek invention for lifting water. Learn about its origins, how it works, and its modern applications.

Apparently, this approach for remembering grocery lists, house chores, deliveries, and the like was also a huge part of life for ancient Egyptians living over 2,000 years ago—something for which ...

Before modern science had a true understanding of what a solar eclipse is and how they work, ancient cultures had to form their own beliefs over what happened during this brief, but awesome, event.

Credit: Zde, Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain Ancient DNA is helping scientists understand the origins of Bronze Age populations in the Aegean and how they are connected to modern Greeks. A genetic ...

Examination of an ancient alabaster vase in the Yale Peabody Museum’s Babylonian Collection has revealed traces of opiates, providing the clearest evidence to date of broad opium use in ancient ...