Particularly, however, to the ancient Greeks, it was a vast canvas of endless possibilities—a frame dotted with hidden planets and shiny stars upon which they painted their myths and stories. The ...

Archaeologists recently found an ancient Roman helmet in an unusual location, a Danish village. Vejle Museums announced the discovery of numerous ancient artifacts, including the Roman armor ...

The stone tools were quite the pull, considering the archaeologists who discovered them simply sifted through the surface and didn’t conduct deep digs. Along with the ancient hand axes ...

The Babylonians also laid the foundations for the zodiac system, which was later adopted by Greek and Roman cultures. They divided the sky into twelve constellations, each corresponding to a month in ...

The coins include depictions of nine Roman emperors who ruled between 364 ... because it is extremely rare to be able to study in its entirety an ancient monetary deposit in its archaeological ...

It's incredible to imagine how these ancient structures have silently observed ... delivering programs that shed light on the history of astronomy and its cultural importance across the globe.

5, 2024 — Researchers have tested ancient DNA from corn found at archaeological ... representing a key milestone in the development of rotational tools including wheels, according to a ...

The Lycurgus Cup, an ancient Roman feat of pioneering nanotechnology in the fourth century exhibited at the British Museum. Credit: The British Museum/ X (formerly Twitter) The mysterious Lycurgus Cup ...

The cache included swords, spears, lances and chainmail. Researchers think these items may have been buried as part of a ceremony or sacrifice Sonja Anderson The discovery might illuminate the ...

A cross inlaid in the floor of a library marks the spot where Indiana Jones has to dig to access the ancient catacombs of ... To find catacombs, go to Rome, home of some of the oldest and longest ...

The Roman God of Justice was called Justitia and she holds the scales of justice. The Tarpeian Rock was a steep cliff in ancient Rome. It was commonly used during the Roman Republic as an ...