In the shadow of a coal mine in southern Greece, archaeologists discovered the oldest known handheld wooden tools ever found.

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SLAC National Accelerator Lab researchers have revealed hidden references to an ancient “star map” in a centuries-old document.

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The Egyptians believed that hieroglyphs offered magical protection to people in this life and the afterlife, and inscribed the signs on monuments, statues, funerary objects, and papyri.

Vijayan said society must understand the conditions in which science evolved, how it diversified into multiple disciplines, and how scientific knowledge has been applied across generations to ...

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The concept of electricity began thousands of years ago. Static electricity intrigued ancient philosophers but it took many thousands of years before the concept was expanded and scientists began expe ...

Scientists have successfully decoded portions of a long-lost star catalog created by the ancient Greek astronomer Hipparchus, ...

When considering ancient Greek innovations, we often think of philosophy, mathematics, and architecture—not bakeries or ovens, right?

A tourist takes a selfie at the Tianfu Agricultural Expo Park in Chengdu, Sichuan province, on March 12. AN YUAN/CHINA NEWS SERVICE CHENGDU — In the heartland of China, near a 4,500-year-old farmland, ...

Thousands of years before the invention of compasses or sails, prehistoric peoples crossed oceans to reach remote lands like ...