The Parthian Battery or Baghdad Battery is one of the most fascinating inventions of the ancient world preceding the ...

The Monte Verde archaeological site in Chile, discovered in the 1970s, revolutionized the thinking about when humans entered the Americas, with scientists calculating decades ago that this former ...

History has a strange habit of forgetting its own brilliance. Civilizations rose, fell, and took entire libraries of ...

The Archimedes screw, an ancient Greek invention for lifting water. Learn about its origins, how it works, and its modern applications.

For thousands of years, prehistoric hunters across western North America relied on the atlatl, a powerful dart-throwing device, to take down their prey. However, a recent comprehensive study reveals ...

Debunking alien claims matters, but so does telling richer, more compelling stories about how humans shaped their own past.

In the earliest days of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, it became clear this conflict has strong religious undertones.

New research reveals how the invention of a crucial Ice Age technology helped humans defend against extreme cold during ancient global migrations.

Australian traveller named Liam Richards took the internet by storm when he raised the question of telescope invention. In the video, he said, "So our history books have lied to us again. The ...

A tourist takes a selfie at the Tianfu Agricultural Expo Park in Chengdu, Sichuan province, on March 12. AN YUAN/CHINA NEWS SERVICE CHENGDU — In the heartland of China, near a 4,500-year-old farmland, ...

Ancient sewing needles helped humans survive freezing climates by enabling tailored clothing, while also serving many other uses.

A study led by McKenna Litynski, a Ph.D. graduate in anthropology and adjunct assistant professor at the University of ...