Researchers say a fossil jawbone discovered in Taiwan belonged to an enigmatic group of early human ancestors.

Fall from these structures, as monks often did during their perilous, devotion-proving construction, and you’d have many ...

A jawbone dredged up from the seafloor off Taiwan belongs to an ancient human species known as Denisovans, protein fragments ...

First Ancient Genomes from the Green Sahara Deciphered Apr. 2, 2025 — An international team has sequenced the first ancient genomes from the so-called Green Sahara, a period when the largest ...

The Temple of Hephaestus, dedicated to the god of metalworking and craftsmanship, is located in Athens, Greece. The temple was designed by Ictinus, one of the Parthenon’s architects. The Temple of ...

For more than 50 years, Spyridon Denaxas has prayed, worked and welcomed the faithful in an island monastery carved into a ...

The number of recorded caves underneath a city renowned for their presence has risen to 924, an archaeologist has confirmed. Nottingham is built upon soft sandstone, which meant that caves were ...

Ancient Greece is traditionally divided into six ages, the Bronze Age, Iron Age, Archaic Age, Classical Age and Hellenistic Age. Credit: Adam Polselli. CC BY 2.0/flickr Ancient Greece has ...

BREWSTER COUNTY, Texas — An archaeological site in the Big Bend region of West Texas unveiled a trove of ancient weapons ... The monumental findings from a cave in the region reveal tools from an ...

But the adventures do not stop there. Families can delve below ground to uncover the stories and secrets of the ancient caves beneath the Mendip Hills.