Long before Neil Armstrong set foot on the Moon, artists and writers were crafting visions of extraterrestrial exploration that would make space flight possible. For centuries, the dream of human ...

Visitors to the site of Pompeii, the ancient Roman town buried (and so preserved for thousands of years) by the eruption of ...

A 1,600-year-old Jewish bath, also known as a mikveh, was recently uncovered in Italy – and the find is the oldest of its kind in Europe. On March 10, Italian officials announced the discovery ...

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Throughout history, big cats have been revered as symbols of power, mystery, and even otherworldly origins. From the jaguar gods of the Maya to the lion-headed deities of Egypt, many ancient ...

The Byzantine Museum in Nicosia, Cyprus, has opened a new exhibit spotlighting early Christian relics with a distinct history. Many of the artifacts were once stolen by looters and trafficked on ...

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It may look like just another random boulder, but this old Spanish rock bears engraved lines that could be an astounding 200,000 years old, according to government officials. The age of the lines ...

They testify to the belief in divine intervention in the healing of diseases and injuries. The snake is an ancient symbol of medicine, linked to deities like Apollo and Asclepius. It represents ...

Credit: ESO / M. Kornmesser illustration Scientists using two enormous telescopes — one on Earth and the other in space — have detected oxygen in the most ancient known galaxy, a star-scape ...

BOULDER, Colo. — Satellite operators need better space weather models to maximize the life of their satellites and to avoid collisions in low Earth orbit. The growth in the population of ...