The majority of the temple dates to the 7th century BC, but archaeologists discovered portions of the site that are even ...

Some DNA passed down from ancient hunter-gatherers has been found to be a crucial force in living to be 100 years old.

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How was the great English playwright William Shakespeare influenced by ancient Greece, and how did he come to know about its ...

Ancient Greek life consisted of celebrity scandals, lowbrow humor, and public graffiti, similar to today's world.

Ancient DNA has been pulled from a permafrost-preserved woolly mammoth found in Siberia, and scientists are thrilled. They ...

Stone age humans were using poison for hunting far longer than previously believed. In A Nutshell Chemical traces survived ...

Wind farm construction in Suffolk revealed a lost Anglo-Saxon village with 62-foot longhouses. The medieval settlement was ...

Researchers have reconstructed ancient herpesvirus genomes from Iron Age and medieval Europeans, revealing that HHV-6 has ...

Cannabis produces a complex suite of bioactive compounds, including tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD), but how ...

Greek philosopher Thales of Miletus, often described as the West's first scientist, believed the whole Earth was suspended on ...