To boost our understanding of a little-known civilization that thrived more than 3,000 years ago, scientists have built an ...

A digital atlas of ancient Rome’s highways and byways reveals a road network that was more extensive than thought.

A foot fossil found in Ethiopia belonged to an ancient human. The finding could knock one of the most famous names in human evolution from her spot on the family tree.

Published in Zürich in 1525, Lucas Cranach the Elder’s map came at a moment when the modern idea of nation-states was only ...

Scientists linked a mystery fossil foot to a tree-climbing human ancestor that likely lived alongside Lucy's species 3.4 ...

For the first time in roughly 12,000 years, a long‑quiet volcano in Ethiopia has roared back to life, sending fountains of ...

A new study published in Nature on November 26 has shed light on the origins, population structures, and kinship systems of ...

Now, in a study published Tuesday called "Mystery owner of African hominin foot identified," the scientists announced that ...

A 3,500-year-old clay tablet discovered over a century ago in Iraq has been revealed as one of humanity's earliest examples of urban planning. The ancient map of Nippur, etched into a hand-sized ...

A 3,500-year-old clay tablet depicting the city of Nippur offers a glimpse into ancient cartography, challenging our understanding of Mesopotamian urban planning and technological prowess. In 1899, ...

A 4,200-year-old silver cup discovered in the Judean Mountains may contain the earliest known map of the cosmos. A new study argues that the small vessel from Ain Samiya holds a structured map that ...

The Ancient Greek mapmakers were among the earliest thinkers to conceive of the world as a coherent whole, turning centuries of myth, seafaring knowledge, and emerging science into actual ...