While much of Sogdian culture may be lost to time, some of their structures still stand, including the ruins of an ornate ...

Long before paleontology, ancient civilizations stumbled upon massive bones buried in the earth. With no science to explain them, these fossils became the foundation for terrifying legends and ...

The Silurian hypothesis raises the possibility that an intelligent species existed on Earth long before humans.

A Celtic settlement unearthed in the Czech Republic yielded over 22,000 bags of artifacts including gold coins, jewelry and pottery from the La Tène period, according to officials.

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They developed a computer model that estimates how easily Roman and Celtic travelers navigated rivers thousands of years ago.

Archaeologists unearthed a massive trove of gold coins in the Czech Republic, minted by a long-lost civilization — with the site described by officials as "exceptional." The discovery was announced by ...

Duke awarded four faculty with undergraduate teaching awards at the Arts & Sciences Council meeting Sept. 11: Robert B. Cox Award: Kristin Stephens-Martinez, associate professor o ...

Missouri State University researchers are crowdfunding an expedition to the Amazon Rainforest to search for evidence of an ...

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What do Machu Picchu in Peru and Palenque in Mexico have in common? Both are spectacular, as globetrotting writer Nellie ...

Dive into the fascinating crossroads of astronomy and astrology — where science meets symbolism, and the sky tells two very different stories.