The fastest land animal in North America is the American pronghorn, and previously, researchers thought it evolved its speed because of pressure from the now-extinct American cheetah. But recently, ...

Ancient Roman farms produced far more than grain, relying on mixed cultivation, orchards, and careful land management to ...

New pieces have been added to the puzzle of the evolution of some of the oldest fish that lived on Earth more than 400 ...

Ancient magnetic fossils reveal that animal navigation using Earth’s magnetic field may have evolved far earlier than ...

Synchrotron radiation has revealed a star map made by the ancient astronomer Hipparchus that was thought to be lost to time ...

A single ancient jawbone is rewriting what scientists thought they knew about humanity’s forgotten relatives.

The Antikythera Mechanism was a hand-cranked system of interlocking bronze gears designed to model the heavens. Turning the crank revealed the positions of the Sun, Moon, and the five planets visible ...

A simple stick, shaped by ancient hands roughly 430,000 years ago, is rewriting what researchers thought they knew about ...

What’s particularly exciting about finds like this is that we just so rarely have wood preserved for that long,” the study’s lead author told NBC News.

These discoveries dramatically altered humanity's understanding of ancient history. Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks for the most amazing ancient relics that display great ...

Ancient civilizations accomplished feats of engineering that continue to challenge modern understanding. Despite advances in archaeology, materials science, and experimental reconstruction, several ...

ROME (AP) — One of the best-preserved ancient Roman homes on the Palatine Hill is opening to the public for the first time, albeit via a livestreamed tour of its hard-to-reach underground frescoes and ...