Amongst the most enduring mythical creatures, which were present in so many ancient cultures, are the dragons. Appearing frequently in folklore and tales from China in the east to Europe in the west, ...

Archaeologists working in the historic Turkish city of İznik have revealed a stunning third-century fresco depicting Jesus as the "Good Shepherd"—the only known example of this iconic Christian motif ...

The modern-day Bo people of southeastern China have long maintained that they had no connection to those inside the hanging ...

The Hjortspring boat carried warriors on an attempted attack of a Danish island over 2,000 years ago. Archaeologists have new clues about where these raiders came from.

Today, glass is ordinary, on-the-kitchen-shelf stuff. But early in its history, glass was bling for kings. Thousands of years ago, the pharaohs of ancient Egypt surrounded themselves with the stuff, ...

For decades, archaeologists believed that cats first started living alongside early farming communities in the Levant — covering parts of today’s Middle East and eastern Mediterranean — around 9,500 ...

The popular history docuseries Ancient Aliens: Origins returns to the History Channel with its season two premiere Monday, Oct. 6 at 8/7c. During the season two premiere episode, viewers will travel ...

A new study sheds new light on the origins of modern brain cells. Researchers find evidence that specialized secretory cells found in placozoans, tiny sea creatures the size of a grain of sand, have ...