Old beliefs about early human behavior in East Asia are being challenged by the discovery of a richly-layered archaeological ...

Keck Medicine of USC radiologists use computed tomography (CT) scanners to diagnose and treat patients' diseases and injuries. Recently, however, this advanced technology was put to a far more novel ...

For over a century, strange machining marks on Egyptian stone have defied explanation, showing levels of precision beyond even modern tools. Some researchers now connect this evidence to a dooms day ...

New evidence has emerged that sheds light on the possible first people to populate the Americas. Dating of stone and ivory ...

About 2,000 years ago, life in the Roman town of Pompeii—located in modern-day Italy—looked a lot like life anywhere else.

CT scans used by Keck Medicine of USC have revealed health secrets in two ancient Egyptian priests, offering insight into ancient life.

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Synchrotron radiation has revealed a star map made by the ancient astronomer Hipparchus that was thought to be lost to time ...

The Antikythera Mechanism was a hand-cranked system of interlocking bronze gears designed to model the heavens. Turning the crank revealed the positions of the Sun, Moon, and the five planets visible ...

Thousands of years before the invention of compasses or sails, prehistoric peoples crossed oceans to reach remote lands like ...

Featuring ancient ruins spanning from the Paleolithic Age to the Tang Dynasty (618-907), six sites were revealed by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences on Wednesday as notable archaeological ...