In the German state of Hesse, right where the Nidder and Seeme rivers wind through fertile fields, stands a hill that holds ...

Unlike the Little Prince’s asteroid—which in the book had three volcanoes and a rose—Bésixdouze is a desolate, airless world. So far, its rotation period or exact shape have not been determined, as no ...

When writing was still inscribed on clay tablets and empires rose and fell under the weight of their own gods, the Assyrians left behind a testimony of their royal lineage that has endured to this day ...

With an appearance deceptively similar to a giant nettle, the gympie-gympie hides a lethal weapon: stinging hairs loaded with toxins capable of causing unbearable pain that can last for weeks, months, ...

A study reveals that the “Hymn to Nikkal,” the oldest known musical score, shares rhythms and melodies with sacred texts from India, suggesting the existence of a global musical culture in the Bronze ...

Beneath the waters of the Gulf of Naples in the ancient Portus Iulius, a team of underwater archaeologists has completed the excavation of an exceptionally well-preserved thermal facility in one of ...

Recent archaeological excavations at the oppidum of Manching, located southeast of Ingolstadt (Germany), have brought to light more than 40,000 objects and 1,300 structural findings that offer an ...

A pioneering study of an extraordinary Viking Age silver hoard discovered in North Yorkshire in 2012 has revealed a much wider and more sophisticated network of trade than previously thought, linking ...

Most of Asia was discovered by Darius, who, eager to know in which part of the sea the Indus River empties (which is the second of all rivers in raising crocodiles), sent on some ships, among others ...

In the ruins of the ancient Roman city of Heraclea Sintica, located in what is now southwestern Bulgaria, a team of archaeologists has discovered the remains of six people who died during a ...

In the Rhodope Mountains in southeastern Bulgaria, there is a place that seems taken from a legend—the ruins of the ancient city of Perperikon, carved directly into the rock. It is a place dominated ...

Exactly ten years ago, the Urban Archaeology Program (PAU) of the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) discovered, deep in the Historic Center of the Mexican capital, one of the most ...