Found in Ukraine, the fragments show signs of human manipulation—though researchers still haven't ruled out the possibility ...

A radical initiative for its time, the Metre Convention ultimately birthed a system of measurement that would transcend ...

Il-Kantaliena ta’ Pietru Caxaru, the oldest known literary text in the Maltese language, has been added to UNESCO’s Memory of ...

Cooking is an essential part of human culture, but people haven't always written down recipes the way we do now.

Feel like you’re constantly shelling out for more and more digital storage? Katie Rosseinsky explores why our data usage is ...

A new documentary details a project to revamp an 1,800-year-old hymn for a modern audience. The Oxyrhynchus Hymn is the oldest surviving Christian hymn with musical notation — and was rewritten by ...

The treasure trove included records spanning from the late 1700s through the 1980s when most official records were starting ...

Chessington World of Adventures will open a new themed land with a rollercoaster, children’s ride and play areas.

This spot is widely celebrated as the world's oldest restaurant, established in 1725, it has earned it a place in the Guinness Book of Records. However, though the 1725 date is proudly displayed on ...

A man who is just 4ft 3in tall is now believed to be the world’s oldest person after he turned 125. Marcelino Abad Tolentino, from Peru, chalks his long life down to his healthy diet and ...

Which material was popularized in ancient Egypt (and later used by Greece and the Roman Empire) for writing books and other ...

He sailed to earth on numerous missions as a member of the U.S. Army’s first all-Black paratrooper battalion during World War II ... believed to be the oldest paratrooper veteran when he ...