Squat rhinos lived in North America about 12 million years ago, congregating in huge, water-bound herds much like modern hippos.

a perspective that mirrors how other ancient cultures, like Athens, Rome, and Jerusalem, also viewed their cities as the center of the universe. The map’s design is enclosed by two concentric rings, ...

"You could pull up Google Earth images of places like Utah, zoom out, and you’d see the similarities to Mars." ...

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

According to Egyptian mythology, Horus was the son of Osiris, the god of the underworld. Horus fought his uncle Seth to see who would be ruler of Egypt. During the fight, Seth mut ...

Latnija cave discoveries show Mesolithic humans crossed 100 km of sea to reach Malta 1,000 years earlier than previously ...

An earthquake in central Myanmar just unearthed an ancient structure that may be part of a royal “water palace,” experts say.

China will shift the route of the massive south-north water diversion project in order to preserve the ruins of ancient salt-making sites in Shangdong Province. The 3,000-year-old ruins were ...

One of the most striking discoveries is a shift in the source of rainfall. Isotopic analysis of ancient water trapped within the speleothems shows a decline in moisture from southern monsoons ...

Water from the River Nile was likely poured ... now preserved at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, remains a popular symbol of Ancient Egypt. Among the 5,398 items found in the tomb - the only royal ...

A close-up reveals teeth still intact in the ancient bison's jawbone ... which Gilsdorf said rises during seasons of high-water saturation. “Bony fish will then cruise underneath the peat ...