Squat rhinos lived in North America about 12 million years ago, congregating in huge, water-bound herds much like modern hippos.

It’s a pretty appropriate name given where H. hades lives; the trench extends down to the hadal zone, itself named after ...

To Ringbauer’s surprise, people from Mediterranean outposts of Phoenician culture—also known as Punic people—shared no ...

The inhabitants of Carthage were long thought to have derived from Levantine Phoenicians. But an eight-year study suggests ...

In antiquity and now, inconsistency and illogicality lie at the heart of the human effort to imagine what happens when we’re ...

The ancient Greeks associated the entrance to Hades with a real-life location in ancient Greece. Where was this place?

In ancient Greece, education wasn’t limited to the mind — it included the body as well. Physical fitness and scholarly pursuits went hand-in-hand, a principle reflected in the number of gymnasiums ...

The colour pallette is inspired by materials of an ancient Greek ruin. Livissianis was also wary of controlling the flow of the space. “[There] were probably multiple ways that you could enter ...

After a century-long wait, an excavation has finally revealed the only ancient theatre on Greece's Ionian Islands. Ancient Lefkada’s theatre was first discovered in 1901, but it took until now ...

The ulokeros goat owes its uniqueness primarily to its curved horns, from which it derives its name—”ulos” in ancient Greek means curved, and “keros” means horn. Credit: AMNA It’s a goat with a ...

Using ancient DNA and advanced gene-editing technology, the company’s scientists have successfully bred three dire wolf pups, marking a new era in de-extinction research. This achievement ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – An ancient Greco-Roman bronze statue that ... but recent testing has led experts to believe it depicts an unknown Greek philosopher. The museum bought it in 1986 for $1.85 ...