Wisconsin Historical Society researchers have uncovered 16 ancient canoes in Lake Mendota, some of which are thousands of ...

Was Lanka truly the golden kingdom of Ravana, or is the truth far more complex than the legends suggest? Drawing insights from the Surya Siddhanta and the interpretations of Bala Sankuratri, this ...

The ruins of a prehistoric skyscraper: New research is revealing how Cornish tin appears to have boosted a long-lost Bronze Age Mediterranean civilization. This aerial photo shows that civilization's ...

Think ancient civilizations were primitive? The evidence suggests otherwise. From computers that tracked celestial events to concrete that grows stronger with age, our ancestors created technologies ...

Ancient Greeks placed great emphasis on healthy skin, and developed many useful and largely natural beauty tips.

ICYMI: Scientists recently announced that they’d discovered a massive underground city underneath the pyramids in Egypt. They claim it’s ten times larger than the pyramids themselves, and covers more ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Around 8,000 years ago, many civilizations thrived on plains that are now submerged by the North and Baltic seas. Now, scientists ...

Long before fancy serums in dropper bottles and $300 night creams, ancient civilizations had their own sophisticated approaches to achieving luminous, healthy skin. While we typically imagine ancient ...

Across the world’s continental shelves, scientists are racing to reconstruct an ancient landscape that once stretched where waves now roll. Vast plains, rivers, and settlements that flourished ...

This is the story of Marcus Aurelius, the last of the "Five Good Emperors" of Rome, and of the teachings of Stoicism, which influenced his journey.

Before luxury shampoos in designer bottles and $200 hot tools, ancient civilizations across the world were cultivating luscious, healthy hair using techniques that modern science is only now beginning ...

New archaeological research is revealing that, more than a thousand years before Britain became part of the Roman Empire, it was part of an extraordinary Mediterranean-based trading network.