For the first time, scientists have mapped vast, continent-scale river drainage systems on Mars — ancient networks that may ...

To boost our understanding of a little-known civilization that thrived more than 3,000 years ago, scientists have built an ...

A lost Bronze Age metropolis has reappeared from beneath the soil of central Asia, its streets and fortifications resurfacing ...

The discovery of the settlements over the years has led to a new understanding of the Asia Minor and Anatolia regions.

A Chinese research team has used advanced scientific techniques to analyze foil artifacts dating to the 6th to 3rd centuries ...

The first humans arrived upon the landmass now known as Australia around 60,000 years ago along two distinct routes, ...

Religious maps from the 1300s showing tribal Israel inadvertently became the blueprint for how later mapmakers drew political ...

Some of the ancient buildings, located along China’s mountaintop rivers, dated back to as far as 2800 B.C.E., with others ...

With Lost Kingdoms: Hindu-Buddhist Sculpture of Early Southeast Asia, 5th to 8th Century, the Metropolitan Museum of Art once again proves its stature as a world-class museum — not just because of its ...

A 3,500-year-old clay tablet discovered over a century ago in Iraq has been revealed as one of humanity's earliest examples of urban planning. The ancient map of Nippur, etched into a hand-sized ...

A 3,500-year-old clay tablet depicting the city of Nippur offers a glimpse into ancient cartography, challenging our understanding of Mesopotamian urban planning and technological prowess. In 1899, ...

NEW DELHI: Damage to the historic Red Fort in India’s capital city is impossible to ignore. Run a hand across its centuries-old walls and soot comes away easily – residue from decades of pollution ...