The Hymn of Babylon had been lost for over 2,000 years until researchers used AI to piece it together from 30 clay fragments.

A team of ancient literature experts have deciphered a Mesopotamain text that was missing for over 1,000 years. Etched on ...

Forty years after the first effort to extract mummy DNA, researchers have finally generated a full genome sequence from an ...

Mangled bones found at a one-time manufacturing facility pinpoint species used to make a quintessential condiment.

The way that human adults talk to young children is unique among primates, a new study found. That might be one secret to our ...

It’s part of the 10th- or 11th-century A.D. Codex Climaci Rescriptus, a collection of parchments from St. Catherine’s monastery in Egypt with monastic writings in Syriac, an ancient language ...

Stargate is one of my all-time favorite movies, but somehow I missed the bus on Stargate SG-1 when it originally aired. Now that the show is easily accessible on streaming services, I've slowly worked ...

Ancient Greek vases have revealed the hidden names of Amazons, mythology's warrior women, in a report deciphering ancient languages unspoken for millennia. In the forthcoming study of pottery ...

Humans are the only animal that lives in virtually every possible environment, from rainforests to deserts to tundra.This adaptability is a skill that long predates the modern age. According to a ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — A study led by researchers from Brown University finds that rainfall patterns across northern Africa remained largely stable between 3.5 and 2.5 million years ago ...

It lies at the heart of Chichen Itza in Mexico. A site of more than 20 ancient buildings, some of which date back as far as the sixth century AD. For many people, this is bucket list territory.

In contrast, during this period, Latin remained primarily localized within the Italian peninsula. While the Roman Republic and later Empire expanded and dominated vast territories, Latin initially ...