Scientists have revealed that an unusual rosy stone discovered in the Sahara Desert in 2022 is actually 4.1-billion-year-old ...

Ancient Chinese solar eclipse records reveal something extraordinary about Earth’s rotation - Sun may have been near the peak ...

In Norway’s highest mountains, experts are scouring perilous terrain for pieces of the past, long stored in mint condition in ice patches. As temperatures rise across the world, glacial archaeologists ...

Archaeologists are scouring mountain passes as artifacts from a bygone world all but tumble out of Switzerland’s shrinking ice.

Ancient bones, artifacts and texts offer numerous insights into the past, as does the chewing gum that Neolithic people chewed on and spat out long ago. Analysis of lumps of birch bark tar from ...

More than a billion years ago, in a shallow basin across what is now northern Ontario, a subtropical lake much like modern-day Death Valley evaporated under the sun's gentle heat, leaving behind ...

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The precise composition of ancient Egyptian paints, binders, adhesives, and similar materials used to make artifacts is largely unknown, in part because a full analysis would require taking samples ...

In ancient Egypt, kohl was more than just a cosmetic; it served dual purposes, enhancing beauty while protecting the eyes.

A professor at the University of Kentucky used AI to digitally unwrap ancient scrolls. A computer science professor at the University of Kentucky led a successful effort to digitally unwrap ancient ...