How did people calculate the circumference of the Earth with just a stick?
More than 2,000 years ago, an ancient scientist used only a stick to calculate the approximate circumference of the Earth with 99% accuracy.
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More than 2,000 years ago, an ancient scientist used only a stick to calculate the approximate circumference of the Earth with 99% accuracy.
In recent years, some scholars have proposed an interesting hypothesis: Mysterious alien visitors do not actually come from distant galaxies but are products of Earth it…
100 years after the discovery of the 3,300-year-old tomb, a previously unpublished letter confirms a long-held suspicion of Howard Carter stealing artifacts in the tomb.
Chinese researchers have just proposed that the country needs to destroy billionaire Elon Musk's Starlink satellites.
The archives are not public and are only accessible to scholars when they are 75 years old - and they are placed in a part of the Vatican fortress.
A portrait of a royal girl, holding something in her hand. It looks simple but makes scholars discover many implications.
In the priceless archaeological treasure of mankind, there are many antiques that have been said to be
Cleopatra may not be as sexy as described by Greek and Roman scholars, but a brilliant scientist.
Previously, scholars believed that a serious drought could have killed the ancient Maya culture that was famous for mastering language, mathematics and astronomy. Howeve…
An ancient limestone slab containing ancient Jewish texts was displayed in Jerusalem, while scholars continued to debate its content.
A group of Bible-related truth-study scholars has claimed to have found evidence of fossilized wood fragments on a mountain peak in Iran.
A rare picture depicting the suffering of Sebastian and the scholar Leonardo da Vinci was discovered by the vendor and valued at $ 16 million.
Many scholars believe that Jesus Christ is real in history, but his actual role is still controversial.
By new technology, Dutch scholars and scientists are reading manuscripts of up to 1,300 years old, which are used to cover books.