The woman—with skin, hair and nails still intact—belonged to the little-known Caral civilization, which flourished in Peru ...

A collection of artefacts collected 2,500 years ago in modern-day Iraq reveal the forgotten world of Mesopotamia, home to ...

Think Karens and Yelp complaints are a relatively new thing? This ancient discovery proves humans have always loved to ...

Explore the history of ancient board games, from Senet to Tâb, and discover how they shaped culture, strategy, and leisure.

Excavations on unpromising mounds in the Iraqi desert revealed Sumer’s earliest city. Surviving relics and a rebuilt temple ...

For instance, a study at Queen's University Belfast found that right-pawed dogs tend to be more optimistic, while left-pawed dogs are more fearful and distrusting. Studies have also found that dogs ...

A symbolic tradition across the world, colorful Easter eggs are synonymous with the holiday. The Easter egg museum in ...

This 5,000-year-old tablet is believed to hold the world's first signature — and it's on a receipt for beer. Experts believe that the tablet records the purchase of barley for brewing beer and was ...

In the larger of his two new books he discusses in a fresh and interesting way the origin of civilisation and the history of its development in Egypt, Crete, Sumer, and Mesopotamia, with brief but ...

Archaeologists excavating the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the ancient church in Jerusalem situated where Jesus Christ was crucified and buried, recently found evidence of ancient olive trees and ...

Larry Niven's Ringworld won him the Hugo and Nebula awards when it was published 55 years ago. As the New Scientist Book Club embarks on a reread, Emily H. Wilson looks at how it holds up ...