Ancient humans were surprisingly creative, structured, and geometrical in their thinking some 60,000 years ago, according to ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with archaeologist Gary Feinman about new findings that show democracy existed throughout the ancient world and was not exclusive to Mediterranean Europe.

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.

Could ancient humans really have built the pyramids without extraterrestrial help? Or do such questions reveal more about modern anxieties than the past itself?

Could ancient humans really have built the pyramids without extraterrestrial help? Or do such questions reveal more about modern anxieties than the ...

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

Once considered a universal remedy, enemas are now used selectively for specific clinical indications, such as bowel preparation.

Apparently, this approach for remembering grocery lists, house chores, deliveries, and the like was also a huge part of life for ancient Egyptians living over 2,000 years ago—something for which ...

The Ancient Greeks boasted a sophisticated civilization, philosophers, and a system of democracy—but were forks part of their culture?

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Greek mathematician Archimedes of Syracuse calculated the infinite mathematical concept pi in the 200s BCE, which we ...