Population of ancient Greece, Men weighing merchandise, side B of an Attic black-figure amphora. Credit: Marie-Lan Nguyen Wikimedia Commons CC BY 2.5 Estimating the population of ancient Greece is a ...

As a volcanic eruption darkened the sun roughly 4,900 years ago, a Stone Age culture sacrificed hundreds of decorated stone plaques to try to coax it back. A trove of engraved stones unearthed ...

Charred by the flames of a funeral pyre, the Derveni Papyrus has proved to be a fascinating—and confounding—artifact Teresa Nowakowski Daily Correspondent The Derveni Papyrus, named for the ...

New discoveries by a UCF researcher and her team at the ancient Mesopotamian site of Kurd Qaburstan, including clay tablets with ancient cuneiform writing, a game board and large structural ...

Here’s how it works. An ancient and enigmatic stone circle in the Middle East may not be a prehistoric astronomical observatory after all, according to a new study of satellite images.

But using ice cores and other ancient data points allows scientists to peer much deeper into the past, and establish that the climate today is likely warmer than it has been in 120,000 years.

A mix of ancient divinities, Aphrodite was patron over love, beauty, fertility, and war. But the venerated Greek deity has a more complex rise to fame than one might think. The birth of ...

I’ve always eyed the single-lens reflex cameras shot from the waist level with a bit of envy – but a new gadget is popping up in stores that can give nearly any camera that shoot-from-the-hip ...

Piece by piece, experts carefully transported the Phoenician vessel to dry land, where it will be studied and preserved Sarah Kuta Daily Correspondent Archaeologists have raised a 2,600-year-old ...

After you’ve defeated the tower boss for the first time, you’ll receive five Ancient Technology Points. It’s important to note that you’ll only receive ancient technology points after the ...

Orichalcum is a metal shrouded in mystery. First mentioned by ancient Greek writers around the seventh century B.C.E., orichalcum was described as golden and almost otherworldly. The term itself ...

Ancient DNA unlocks new understanding of migrations in the first millennium AD. ScienceDaily . Retrieved January 28, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2025 / 01 / 250101132012.htm ...