We may earn money or products from the companies mentioned in this post. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. During a recent family trip to Greece, we had the opportunity to tour ...

In 19th-century China, people wedged incense sticks between their toes before bed - when the ember reached skin, they woke up. It was one of dozens of pre-alarm-clock wake-up methods, ranging from ...

Parents, are you looking to mix education and entertainment this spring break? Michigan has ancient bones, futuristic science ...

More than a thousand years after a ship vanished off the coast of modern-day Croatia, archaeologists have uncovered a wreck that might reshape our ideas of the medieval world.

Scientists have uncovered new clues about some of Earth’s earliest fish, shedding light on the ancient origins of vertebrates ...

CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND—Curators at the Fitzwilliam Museum noticed that an image of a jackal on a 3,300-year-old Egyptian papyrus had been modified with white fluid, according to an ArtNet News report. The ...

Researchers at McGill University used 2,000-year-old stone jars in Laos to observe long-term ecological processes, enhancing ...

Polish archaeologists excavating the ancient city of Paphos in Cyprus have discovered the remains of one of the city's oldest known buildings, dating back to the Hellenistic period after amphora ...