The 2,000-year-old Antikythera mechanism found in an ancient Greek shipwreck has been dubbed the "first computer," using a wind-up dial system to track the celestial time of the Sun, Moon and five ...

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What happens when several hundred archaeologists gather in a “glass box” in the desert? It’s an odd kind of question, but this actually occurred last week when experts from all over the planet ...

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It reveals the ancient Llanos de Moxos as not simply a collection of settlements, but an entire urbanized landscape. A large part in the southeast of this region belonged to the Casarabe culture, ...

For modern-day visitors to the archaeological park of Pompeii, the sight of long lines can be a source of annoyance. But to its aristocratic residents 2,000-years-ago, the presence of people waiting ...

The debate goes back to the 1950s. “I’ve seen the argument raging my entire career,” says 71-year-old James Kasting, a geoscientist at the Pennsylvania State University. The findings are a big deal, ...

One of the biggest myths about drugs is that their use is new, purely recreational, or a way to escape reality. “In the good old days, people didn’t do drugs—that’s something for the lost youth,” a ...

Ancient Mysteries is a television series that was produced by FilmRoos and originally broadcast on A&E between 7 January 1994 and 3 May 1998 with reruns airing until 2000. Reruns were also ...

The exhibition brings together an exceptional selection of artifacts drawn from the Royal Ontario Museum’s world-renowned ...