Halafian pottery shows that early agricultural societies practiced advanced mathematical thinking through plant-based art long before writing.

Nicolas Flamel is one of the most mysterious figures in history, a man whose name has become synonymous with alchemy, secret ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the future of work, team effectiveness, and growth strategies. This is a continuation of my series spotlighting the ...

Archaeologists in China discovered 573 ancient stone fortress settlements in the mountains near Yulin. The prehistoric fortresses are each located near key water features, and some are connected to ...

The prehistoric fortresses are each located near key water features, and some are connected to additional settlements. There’s a varying complexity to the sites, but the researchers believe they ...

In a Nov. 6 Facebook post, the Pompeii Archaeological Park said the ceramic situla, or vase, was found in the Thermopolium in Regio V, an ancient snack bar. “The glazed vessel, usually found in the ...

For centuries, humans have turned to the stars for guidance, but the purpose of an ancient star chart created by the Skiri Pawnee has left scholars scratching their heads. This elk-skin map, thought ...

Opium use may have been widespread in ancient Egyptian culture—including potentially among notable kings. Yale researchers found chemical traces of opiates in an ancient alabaster vase at the Peabody ...

Penn State scientists uncovered an ancient bacterial defense where dormant viral DNA helps bacteria fight new viral threats. The enzyme PinQ flips bacterial genes to create protective proteins that ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The majority of plants have leaves, petals and seed structures in spirals that follow the Fibonacci sequence, meaning each sequence is the sum of the ...

This post is Part 2 of a series. Read Part 1 here. Although speech and language ability is relatively new in our evolutionary history—our ape cousins can’t speak—it may be built on a foundation that ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Amid the constant blare of car horns in southern Mexico City, it’s hard to imagine that Cuicuilco was once the heart of a thriving ancient civilization. Yet atop its circular ...