For decades, a neat story about human origins has floated through textbooks and documentaries: modern humans emerged in East ...

Roman concrete is pretty amazing stuff. It’s among the main reasons we know so much about Roman architecture today. So many ...

In 2023, archaeologists announced the discovery of arrowheads in a grotto in southern France dated to 54,000 years ago, and ...

An extraordinarily well-preserved ancient Roman construction site in Pompeii has provided the clearest evidence yet of how ...

In a thought-piece written in 1952, the British philosopher and mathematician, Bertrand Russell, roguishly explored the resilience of fanciful and unfounded claims. He playfully turned the tables back ...

A construction site dating back nearly 2,000 years to the putative demise of Pompeii in 79 CE has revealed new evidence for ...

Concrete was the foundation of the ancient Roman empire. It enabled Rome's storied architectural revolution as well as the ...

When astronauts set foot on Mars, it will be one of humanity’s greatest milestones, marking the start of a new era of ...

Excavations of a workshop that was buried in Pompeii almost 2000 years ago have given archaeologists unique insights into ...

From the iconic Colosseum in Rome to Hadrian’s Wall all the way in England, there’s one question most people must ask ...

An arc of 16 massive pits found near Stonehenge were confirmed as manmade structures. Using a range of scientific methods, ...

A groundbreaking study reveals a hidden system beneath Egypt’s oldest pyramid—suggesting ancient engineers used a forgotten ...