Once placed in tombs to serve the dead in the afterlife, Egyptian shabtis are getting a new kind of immortality, thanks to ...

Underwater archaeologists from Nicolaus Copernicus University have recovered four exceptionally well-preserved medieval spears from Lake Lednica in western Poland, including one ornately decorated ...

We've feasted on them, built economies around them and in some places nearly erased them from our coasts. Today, 85% of the ...

Many people in the English-speaking world would have learned in school that there are seven continents: Asia, Africa, North ...

BEIJING, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- Modern technology continues to play a pivotal role in preserving, excavating and perpetuating the Liangzhu Archaeological Ruins in east China's Zhejiang Province, with ...

A replica of an ancient trireme will be the centerpiece of Greece's new Underwater Archaeology Museum, set to open its gates ...

Scientists have found traces of ancient opiates in the residue lining an Egyptian alabaster vase, indicating that opiate use ...

The International Space Station is one of the most remarkable achievements of the modern age. It is the largest, most complex ...

Examination of an ancient alabaster vase in the Yale Peabody Museum's Babylonian Collection has revealed traces of opiates, ...

Revolutionary scanning technology has identified two concealed air-filled anomalies behind the eastern facade of Egypt's Menkaure Pyramid, providing the first scientific evidence to support a ...

In a recent project, marine biologists at Griffith University attached suction-cup cameras to the bodies of humpback whales along the East Coast of Australia. The incredible footage shows the camera ...