Our readers delve back millennia to answer this one, looking at the ancient Sumerians, the Babylonians and the Egyptians to explain the origins of seconds and minutes ...

A 4,000-year-old handprint has been discovered on a clay model used for offerings in an Ancient Egyptian tomb.

The soul house, which dates to around 2055 to 1650 B.C.E., was originally excavated at Deir Rifa, a series of ancient ...

Thousands of years ago, adults and children left their marks on soft rock surfaces deep in this cave in GunaiKurnai Country.

One of the oldest elements of a bridal ensemble, dating at least as far back as Ancient Greece, veils have largely remained a staple accessory for even the most modern or subversive brides.

Archaeologists found finger traces of Australia's First Nation people in the limestone cave in GunaiKurnai Country.

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Firefighters battled blazes Thursday near Athens and on the island of Crete, where thousands were forced to flee holiday resorts, while blazes in neighboring Turkey claimed ...

How many times do you have to forget your keys before you start hacking on the problem? For [Binh], the answer was 5 in the last month, and his hack was to make a gesture-based door unlocker. Which… ...

A study published in Nature introduces Aeneas, an AI tool developed by Google DeepMind in collaboration with researchers specialized in epigraphy. According to The Economic Times and The Economist, ...

A new AI model, Aeneas, can not only estimate origins and dates for ancient Latin texts, but accurately restore lost words ...