A researcher from the University of Kansas has spent years studying what he calls aquaterra, large stretches of land that ...

In the Sierra Mixe of Oaxaca, Mexico, an international team of researchers analyzed dozens of unfired clay sculptures and reliefs modeled over a thousand years ago in a cave considered sacred by ...

Sleep remains one of the great enigmas of science, and despite its importance for physical and mental health, many of its mechanisms still have no explanation. Now, research from the University of ...

A team of archaeologists led by Davide Zori, Ph.D., principal investigator of the San Giuliano Archaeological Research Project (SGARP) and associate professor of history and archaeology at Baylor ...

In the Roman world, writing was everywhere, from imperial monuments to everyday objects. Political graffiti, love poems, epitaphs, commercial transactions, birthday invitations, and even magical ...

A team of researchers has deciphered an ancient clay tablet that reveals a previously unknown myth from Sumerian mythology, ...

Loosduinen is a town near The Hague (Netherlands) whose origins date back to the late 12th century, with the foundation of a ...

A piece of defensive weaponry manufactured more than three millennia ago during the final phase of the Bronze Age has ...

A team of scientists led by David Amblàs, from the Consolidated Research Group in Marine Geosciences at the University of ...

Although its great boom occurred in the 16th century, the drive to travel the known world and discover new lands was ...