A historical and intellectual journey awaits visitors to “Arabic Language: Twenty-Eight Letters of Light,” an exhibition in Riyadh that tells the story of one of humanity’s oldest languages. Through ...

A look at 8 possible alternate futures.

Arguably one of the most curious ancient human relatives is Homo floresiensis, a 3-foot-tall species that lived on the ...

Russians fleeing their president and his war have found a home in the Armenian capital ...

Could modern technology help solve the 2,600-year-old mystery of the Lost Ark of the Covenant? Archeologist Chris McKinny ...

Many "modern" inventions actually have precedents dating back more than 1000 years, to ancient Greek and Roman times.

Geophysics survey reveals traces of stone or timber circle in Arran’s ancient landscape ...

DNA preservation on cave walls is highly variable, but scientists say their work is an important step on the path toward ...

An 18th-century archaeological dig uncovered a library of intact but charred scrolls. Their contents have been unreadable ...

The findings, published in the Journal of Archaeological Science, show that ancient vineyards were part of the Roman Empire’s highly sophisticated agricultural network that laid the foundation for ...

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 ...

We hardly give them a second thought, but everyday objects like bags and backpacks belong to a long technological tradition that may stretch back hundreds of thousands of years. While researchers have ...