As people celebrate the beginning of the new Chinese lunar year, the Year of the Snake, what do snakes symbolize in mythology?

When it comes to chronicling the past, it seems there are basically two ways discoveries are made: either they’re the result ...

Scholars are studying an ancient scroll that has been virtually unrolled 2,000 years after it was burned to a crisp during ...

Long before Rome, before China's Iron Age, Tamil Nadu was already forging some of the world's finest swords. New archaeological discoveries reveal that South India's iron technology dates back over 5, ...

Accidental archaeological discoveries are relatively common in Greece, a country renowned for its ancient heritage, and often made during building construction or public works. In December ...

As a volcanic eruption darkened the sun roughly 4,900 years ago, a Stone Age culture sacrificed hundreds of decorated stone plaques to try to coax it back. A trove of engraved stones unearthed ...

Amid the ashes of a funeral pyre, encased in burnt mud, was a papyrus scroll—the first to be found in mainland Greece. Dating of the document and the discovery its literary nature subsequently ...

A fascinating new study reveals that the mammalian outer ear has its evolutionary roots in the gills of ancient fish. This surprising discovery sheds light on how structures can adapt over millions of ...

New discoveries by a UCF researcher and her team at the ancient Mesopotamian site of Kurd Qaburstan, including clay tablets with ancient cuneiform writing, a game board and large structural ...

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Archaeologists have discovered long-lost ancient Egyptian tombs that were hiding beneath a stone well for more than 4,000 years. Working at a site outside of Cairo, they uncovered four ancient ...

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