What can centuries-old whaling ship logs tell us about today’s extreme weather? According to scientists, the answer is a lot. They’re using the information recorded by mariners going back hundreds of ...

Since the late 1800s, women have studied Ancient Egypt, but it wasn't always easy to enter the profession. Here are 8 ...

A trove of books written by medieval-era French monks were bound with bizarre “hairy” covers from far-away animals — shedding ...

An international team of archaeologists, bioinformatic specialists, and historians has discovered that many medieval books ...

Historians were surprised when analyses revealed Catholic monks used pinniped hides for the protective outer layer on some ...

The monks curated a vast manuscript and book collection at the Library of Clairvaux Abbey, a site in Champagne, France, founded in 1115. The group of 12th- and 13th-century works expanded to more than ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A mother-daughter duo are behind a new series of science books called “Kids on the Move”. It all started when Martha Wiley, a retired teacher, sought to engage elementary ...

Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh A bottle from the 1800s is understood to have held medicine used for the treatment of baldness and constipation. Bits of old tiles from the floor of the old ...

Archaeologists recently uncovered the remains of a remarkably well-preserved dog from ancient Rome – and the discovery highlights the prevalence of ritual sacrifice in antiquity. The excavation ...

There were several prominent physicians in the city in 1800, but in many respects medicine was in a very crude state, judged by modern standards. View Full Article in Timesmachine » Advertisement ...

While on a hike with her family, a child stumbled across a 3,800-year-old Egyptian amulet ... a group of Semitic people who lived in the area around 1800 B.C., said Oded Lipschits, a professor ...