An Egyptian-French archaeological mission has made a series of highly significant discoveries at the Ramesseum temple ...

Europe's oldest vanilla pod (below), found in Prague Castle (above). Credit: J. Irmišová et al. A recent archaeobotanical study has uncovered an unexpected discovery in the heart of Europe: the oldest ...

A new study led by the University of Exeter challenges the perception that recent extreme floods in various parts of the world are unprecedented events. Through the analysis of geological records of ...

One of the expedition camps. Credit: Bundesarchiv, Bild 135-KA-03-073 / Wikimedia Commons This was the vision of Frederick Hilscher, head of the Ahnenerbe’s esotericism department and the ideologue ...

A team from the Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research in Warnemünde (IOW) has successfully reactivated microscopic algae that had remained in a dormant state on the seafloor for nearly 7,000 years ...

An astronomical event may have marked the end of one of the most emblematic dynasties of ancient Egypt. A total solar eclipse that occurred on April 1, 2471 BCE, could have had a direct connection to ...

Legend has it, as recounted by the English Benedictine monk Matthew of Paris, that the energetic Pope Innocent IV died of a ...

Earth’s surface experiences a slight rise and fall—a phenomenon almost imperceptible to human senses, yet one that reveals a ...

The recent discovery of a mass grave containing the remains of approximately 150 individuals in Simmering, Vienna, represents ...

Recent research has revealed surprising details about the prehistoric population of North Africa thanks to the genetic ...

Delbrück-Bentfeld, a locality in the district of the city of Paderborn (northwestern Germany), has been the site of a ...

It was the mid-10th century AD when Kievan Rus was ruled for the first time by a woman, appointed as regent on behalf of her ...