As almost everyone knows, sequoia is the name given to a giant tree typical of California’s Sierra Nevada that can exceed one ...

Khali—known as “The Empty Quarter”—has been synonymous with extreme aridity, endless dunes, and a relentless climate that ...

For over a thousand years, between 3300 and 2150 BCE, a prehistoric settlement located in what is now the town of Valencina ...

For centuries, the splendor of Rome and the mythical grandeur of the Han dynasty in China have captured the imagination of ...

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 three-year-old son. She was the one who defeated the Drevlians, a Slavic ...

Discovered in the Ramesseum of Luxor the House of Life, a school inside the temple. Credit: Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities of Egypt An Egyptian-French archaeological mission has made a series of ...

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 ...

Excavations in the ancient city of Leucas have brought to light the first theater discovered in the Ionian Islands. This majestic monument, situated in a privileged position, dominates the landscape ...

Excavation worker and student Lea Rokus proudly presents a beautifully decorated, almost two-thousand-year-old pottery shard. Credit: S. Spiong / LWL Delbrück-Bentfeld, a locality in the district 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 ...

Twice a day, Earth’s surface experiences a slight rise and fall—a phenomenon almost imperceptible to human senses, yet one that reveals a constant dance between our planet, the Moon, and the Sun. This ...

In the Geißenklösterle cave, located in the Swabian Jura near Blaubeuren, Germany, an exceptional piece of prehistoric art was discovered in 1979: a carved mammoth ivory plaque, dated between 35,000 ...