Wisconsin Historical Society researchers have uncovered 16 ancient canoes in Lake Mendota, some of which are thousands of ...

The ruins of a prehistoric skyscraper: New research is revealing how Cornish tin appears to have boosted a long-lost Bronze Age Mediterranean civilization. This ...

Ancient Greeks placed great emphasis on healthy skin, and developed many useful and largely natural beauty tips.

Long before fancy serums in dropper bottles and $300 night creams, ancient civilizations had their own sophisticated approaches to achieving luminous, healthy skin. While we typically imagine ancient ...

ICYMI: Scientists recently announced that they’d discovered a massive underground city underneath the pyramids in Egypt. They claim it’s ten times larger than the pyramids themselves, and covers more ...

In a groundbreaking study recently published in Nature, scientists have sequenced the complete genome of an ancient Egyptian individual who lived over 4,500 years ago during the Old Kingdom period.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Around 8,000 years ago, many civilizations thrived on plains that are now submerged by the North and Baltic seas. Now, scientists ...

Often called the Harappan Civilization, the Indus Valley is one of the most advanced ancient cultures known to mankind. But there’s more—many scholars believe that the Indus Valley was part of a ...

This summer, the Shanghai Museum unveiled its latest blockbuster exhibition, “Legends of the Dragon: The Ancient Civilization of Hongshan Culture.” To date, it is the most comprehensive display of the ...

New archaeological research is revealing that, more than a thousand years before Britain became part of the Roman Empire, it was part of an extraordinary Mediterranean-based trading network.

Before luxury shampoos in designer bottles and $200 hot tools, ancient civilizations across the world were cultivating luscious, healthy hair using techniques that modern science is only now beginning ...

When we think of exhibits of ancient civilizations, our minds inevitably turn to ancient Mesopotamians, Egyptians, Greeks or Romans. While these associations are understandable, they reflect a ...