When it comes to ancient civilizations, people will definitely think of ancient Egypt or China. But Africa also contains a lot of ancient civilizations that we may not have heard
Once the most luxurious place at that time, what remains of the city of Baia is now tucked away at the bottom of the deep ocean.
Chemnitzion richteri was discovered at the site of an ancient petrified forest and is thought to have roamed the Earth 300 million years ago.
Researchers found the world's oldest lead-containing skin whitening cosmetics in a tomb of aristocrats who lived in China more than 2,700 years ago.
The 'Book of the Dead' is the modern-day name given to a series of ancient Egyptian texts that the Egyptians believed would help the dead navigate the underworld. Copies of these
For much of the Mesozoic period, terror birds dominated South America and preyed on falcon-like beaks - until they became extinct about 2 million years ago.
China's first emperor always yearned for immortality but died at the age of 49 due to a drug
A 17th- to 18th century vampire tomb has just been unearthed in Poland, inside is the remains of a woman with a sickle around her neck to prevent her from returning to the world.
The remains of Sahelanthropus tchadensis, a creature of the Human subfamily but thought to be more chimpanzee-like, has suddenly revealed a groundbreaking detail.
Egypt has the Pyramids of Giza, and Iraq has the Ziggurat of Ur - an incredibly well-preserved engineering achievement that surpasses the ruins of an important ancient city.
Geneticist George Church is trying to revive the woolly mammoth that went extinct 4,000 years ago.
Harvard researchers have found the phenomenon that killed 86% of Earth's creatures and created the fearsome dinosaurs, pterosaurs, scorpions... to take its place. That's what
Spain's Stonehenge regretted archaeologists decades ago when it appeared and then disappeared, returning to the shores of the lake in this fierce summer.
A 2017 study concluded that an angry Minion-like microscopic creature without an anus was the earliest human ancestor.
The relationship between man and the animal kingdom has remained so complicated since the dawn of time.