About 5,000 years ago, people living in what is now Iran began extracting copper from rock by processing ore, an activity ...

Graham Hancock explains how LIDAR is uncovering thousands of hidden ancient structures beneath the Amazon, revealing massive ...

Archaeologists have completed the first comprehensive technological mapping of an intricate underground tunnel system beneath the ancient Etruscan city of Veii, revealing a sophisticated network of ...

An international team of scientists, including a senior researcher at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland, has ...

The Shenzhou-21 crew has been marooned on China's Tiangong space station after three of their colleagues were brought back to ...

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Scientists discover hidden cavities inside Egypt’s Menkaure Pyramid, fuelling theories of a secret 4,500-year-old entrance.

Witness a new era in heritage conservation as engineers blend cutting-edge technology with traditional architecture for ...

Beyond common white and brown grains, a world of diverse rice varieties offers rich nutrition and cultural heritage. From antioxidant-packed black ric ...

Scientists have developed a new way to hunt for hidden signals of past life, and say it could assist in the search for ...

A simple turn of the wrist at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in February 2023 has unveiled a centuries-old mystery about ancient Roman craftsmen. Washington State University art history professor ...

Ancient rock art was meant to be heard as well as seen and now acoustic archaeologists are bringing the sounds of prehistoric ...