New research suggests the Romans used a method known as "hot mixing" to produce self-healing concrete, which allowed them to ...

Divers have discovered a long-submerged wall some 7,000 years old under the sea off western France, scientists said Thursday.

Record rainfall transforms Death Valley's Badwater Basin into a rare shallow lake after months of heavy storms hit the ...

Archaeologists have uncovered the longest remains of an ancient wall that once encircled Jerusalem during the time of ...

Making fire on demand was a milestone in the lives of our early ancestors. But the question of when that skill first arose ...

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Unearthed off the coast of Alexandria, the vessel may have once measured 115 feet long. Experts think it would have held a "luxuriously decorated cabin" and a team of 20 rowers ...

According to the team, that pine pitch is the first major new clue in over a century. When the boat was built, Denmark itself ...

The ancient liturgy of the Rorate Caeli Advent Mass honors the Blessed Virgin Mary through a Mass celebrated at dawn, in ...

Researchers have dated vertebrae from a massive prehistoric shark thought to have ruled the waves off northern Australia back ...

New evidence suggests that alcohol was a surprisingly big motivator in our monumental transition from hunting and gathering ...

While many modern plants use colorful flowers to attract pollinators, ancient palm-like plants called cycads lure them by ...