On October 4, 1957, the USSR launched Sputnik I, the first artificial satellite in history, into orbit. That program would ...

Since its premiere in 1977, Star Wars has captivated generations with its mix of adventure, philosophy, and futuristic ...

A team of archaeologists made a singular discovery at the ancient site of Khirbat Ibreika, in southern Israel: four bronze ...

In a discovery that challenges conventional astronomical observation techniques, a team of researchers led by Rutgers ...

An international team of scientists from China, the United Kingdom, and the United States has managed to decipher the ...

In his dialogues, Plato mentions an enigmatic figure who stands out both for her wisdom and her gender: a woman named Diotima ...

The archaeological site of Sissi, seen from the north. The white dotted line indicates the limits of the cemetery (Zones 1 & 9). Credit: N. Kress / Belgian School at Athens During the Bronze Age ...

In a recent article dedicated to the Ninth Crusade, we explained that the English prince and future king Edward I landed in Acre in the spring of 1271, ready to confront the Egyptian Mamluks under ...

The Headless Horseman Chasing Ichabod Crane, a play by John Quidor on Washington Irving's short story The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Credit: Public domain / Wikimedia Commons In his work The Gothic, ...

The papyrus containing the only word written by Cleopatra herself that has survived to the present day. Credit: Public domain / Wikimedia Commons In the display cases of the Egyptian Museum of Berlin ...

Bite marks found on a skeleton discovered in a Roman cemetery in York have revealed the first archaeological evidence of combat between a human and a lion in ancient Rome. This discovery, published in ...

An international team of scientists has unveiled new findings about the enigmatic Tomb I, known as the Tomb of Persephone, located in the Great Tumulus of Vergina, Greece. This monument, considered ...