Think ancient civilizations were primitive? The evidence suggests otherwise.From computers that tracked celestial events to ...

For decades, researchers thought that an October 1843 earthquake on the small Greek island of Chalke caused a powerful ...

Arms technology is one of the driving forces behind warfare. While there was a period where most of humanity was ...

How do cutting-edge science and technology respond to ethical and legal issues when incorporated into society? These issues ...

The world’s first robot operated in Ancient Greece—the automatic maid was the name of a technological miracle during the ...

Ancient Rhodes was not merely an island; it was a sophisticated maritime power that defined the Hellenistic world.

One of the best-preserved ancient Roman homes on the Palatine Hill is opening to the public for the first time ...

New archaeological evidence is helping rewrite old myths about disabled people in the ancient world. Early Roman Empire depiction of a Freedman and Freedwoman, 30-15 BCE. British Museum, London, UK.

Jemima McPhee receives funding from an Australian Government Research Training Program (RTP) Scholarship. Ancient scientists can be easy to dismiss. Greek philosopher Thales of Miletus, often ...

Archaeologists excavating a Pompeii site uncovered the secret behind the longevity of ancient Roman structures: a unique concrete mixture that could chemically repair itself over time. A recent study, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new reconstruction of how the Beachy Head Woman would have looked - Face Lab/Liverpool John Moores University An ancient woman ...

An ancient woman thought to have hailed from sub-Saharan Africa and therefore to have been the first known Black Briton actually had fairer skin and was from southern England, researchers using new ...