Thousands of years before robots became reality, Greek mythology introduced Talos, a bronze giant whose story explored ...

Geomorphology of the area surrounding Troy in the later phases of the Late Bronze Age. Bottom: Volunteer marine soldiers in simulated combat wearing the Dendra armor replica during the empirical study ...

From self-guided ships to real solar eclipses, the ancient science is woven into Homer's Odyssey, researchers say.

Discover 25 ancient things still working today, from the wheel to written language. Explore timeless innovations that shaped ...

The math doesn’t add up—and new evidence suggests humans were crossing open oceans tens of thousands of years earlier than we ...

Ancient plant seeds provide important archaeological evidence for studying the evolution of human civilization. Lingnan ...

What does it mean to be human? For a long time, the answer seemed clear. Our species, Homo sapiens—with our complex thoughts and deep emotions—were the only true humans to ever walk the Earth. Earlier ...

Scientists have found smallpox viruses in the remains of people in Chile from around 500 years ago, revealing how the virus ...

Researchers analyzed the genomes of 524 never before-studied ancient people, including the first genome of an individual from the ancient Indus Valley Civilization. Insights answer longstanding ...