History is filled with questions that refuse to be answered. Some stories end without closure, and honestly, that's part of ...

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We set out into the remote Kimberley in search of an ancient mystery—rock art that doesn’t match any known Aboriginal style. These Bradshaw paintings, buried deep beyond waterfalls and jungle cliffs, ...

A smooth, white stone dating from the Roman era and unearthed in the Netherlands has long baffled researchers.

Artificial intelligence is helping to solve an ancient mystery from the Roman Empire involving scrolls from a library that was buried when Mount Vesuvius erupted. The eruption of Vesuvius in A.D. 79 ...

The great mystery of the Minoan Phaistos Disc has been "solved by 99 percent" says linguist and archaeologist Gareth Owens.

What happens when several hundred archaeologists gather in a “glass box” in the desert? It’s an odd kind of question, but this actually occurred last week when experts from all over the planet ...

The aim of the "deceptively simple but thrilling strategy game" was to hunt and trap the opponent's pieces in as few moves as possible, scientists said.

A lion, an eagle, a bull, a fig tree, and a plow all came together to point to one of Mesopotamia's greatest rulers. By Andrew Paul Published May 6, 2024 10:49 AM EDT Get the Popular Science daily ...

A Roman-constructed food storage container that served as a primitive refrigerator for traveling soldiers was recently discovered in Bulgaria by Polish archeologists. Lead archeologist, Piotr Dyczek, ...

A Roman stone board game has been unplayable since its discovery more than a century ago, but AI might have just worked out ...