Some believe the "Babylon Battery" is an ancient device capable of generating electricity—centuries before modern batteries ...

A man taking a stroll through the ancient city of Manbij, Syria, discovered a 2,000-year-old Roman funerary monument, or ...

Researchers found evidence that hydraulic systems might have been used to build Egypt's Step Pyramid of Djoser 4,500 years ago, revealing advanced technology.

A group of scientists has sequenced the genome of a man who was buried in Egypt around 4,500 years ago. The study offers rare ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ancient stone tools found in western Ukraine may be the oldest known evidence of early human presence in Europe, according to research published Wednesday in the journal Nature ...

At a site in northeastern Uzbekistan, archaeologists have uncovered tiny stone points that appear to be the oldest known ...

Fossilized teeth show that two different kinds of ancient human ancestors coexisted more than 2 million years ago. One of ...

Some sauropod bones only contain lesions on the inside, while others with more advanced infections show circular bump-like ...

Scientists found the skeleton of an extinct hypercarnivore in Argentina’s southern Patagonia. The apex predator feasted on ...

The newly discovered trilobite may be hundreds of millions of years old, but its use 2,000 years ago as an amulet is the ...