A medieval history journal has recently published a study claiming that a huge, 180-foot (55 meter) chalk figure etched on a hillside near the village of Cerne Abbas in Dorset, England is in fact the ...

Despite common assumptions, the disk of our Solar System is warped, and the planets travel around the Sun in slightly eccentric (or oblong) orbits. Scientists now think that a mysterious object ...

Ancient water management systems, such as qanats and khettaras, have played a crucial role in sustaining civilizations in arid and semi-arid regions. These systems, which utilize gravity to ...

Despite common assumptions, the disk of our Solar System is warped, and the planets travel around the Sun in slightly eccentric (or oblong) orbits. Scientists now think that a mysterious object ...

After discovering the ancient artwork in a suburb of Thessaloniki, Greece, the man surrendered it to the police. Authorities are analyzing the statue and investigating why it was abandoned Sonja ...

Waffles out of a waffle maker. Credits: Jonathan Mcintosh / CC BY SA 2.0 Waffles are one of the oldest delicacies in the world. Their history dates back to ancient Greece and a type of bread called ...

Cruising the lake in traditional Hanfu on flower-adorned boats... A scene reminiscent of the vibrant ancient water flower markets was staged in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou to celebrate the ...

monuments and a complex system of canals to bring the spring water to nearby villages and fields. The Attalid kings of Pergamon — an ancient Greek state that ruled large parts of Asia Minor ...

Police in Greece said Wednesday they were investigating how an ancient Greek statue came to ... the decades-long construction of its metro system, which officially opened in November.

Discoveries of ancient ... and the Greek City Times. Weeks ago, Thessaloniki authorities unveiled a litany of antiquities found during the decades-long construction of its metro system that ...

NASA's Curiosity Rover has been exploring Mars since 2012 and more recently has found evidence of ice-free ancient ponds ... is that the water would have been open to the elements instead of being ...