Recently uncovered damage to walls in Pompeii displays patterns that may have been made by an ancient “machine gun” called a ...

Explore 25 advanced ancient technologies that modern science still cannot fully explain. From pyramids to precision stonework ...

Depictions of dogs in Maya art and archaeological finds point to a variety of possible roles in the ancient culture.

Studying ancient history means encountering some unsettling traditions. For me, that included learning about “sunjang,” a ...

Seleucus of Seleucia was an ancient astronomer who defended heliocentrism, arguing that Earth orbits the Sun and rotates on ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

A puzzling wrinkled rock formation in Morocco has led scientists to rethink where ancient microbes could live. Instead of shallow, sunlit waters, these microbes may have thrived deep in the ocean, ...

About 1,500 years ago, in what is now South Korea, a gruesome practice known as ‘sunjang’ dictated that servants, retainers, ...