About 600 million years ago, the continents wandered Earth, yet to settle into their current positions. Their locations during the Ediacaran (as this time is called) have been tough for scientists to ...

A long-standing assumption about evolution is being challenged by new research showing that vastly different species can rely ...

A long-overlooked writing system from 5000 years ago is still largely undeciphered, but could mark the moment humans first ...

Researchers discovered an Iliad fragment in a mummy, marking the first literary papyrus used in embalming and offering new ...

Ancient Roman board game stumped experts for decades – until AI played A slab of limestone excavated in 1984 from the ancient Coriovallum settlement in the Netherlands presented a puzzle for ...

The name “Asia” has been used for thousands of years, but its true origin is more mysterious than you might expect. From ancient Greek writings to early civilizations, the meaning of the name has ...

Erich von Däniken proposed that monumental structures such as the pyramids could have been built with help from aliens. Stefan Baumann Could ancient humans really have built the pyramids without ...

Some 2,000 years ago, a man from India named Cikai Korran scratched his name in several places inside rocky tombs in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings, the sacred burial site of pharaohs and elites, ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A new analysis of hundreds of thousands of names has identified the ...

Ancient Greek ship names did more than identify vessels—they carried deep meanings meant to boost morale and unity among sailors. A recent study by Georgios Apeitos, from the University of Oxford’s ...

“Little Foot” is the most complete Australopithecus fossil ever found. And now we finally have an idea of what this group of ancient hominins looked like Little Foot’s face, however, has long eluded ...

Ostrich eggs are huge. Big enough, in fact, for ancient humans to use them as primitive writing surfaces for showcasing their mathematical prowess, according to a new study. The paper, published ...