Ramses VI faced a smelly challenge when he became Egypt’s king in 1145 B.C. The new pharaoh’s first job was to rid the land of the stench of fish and birds, denizens of the Nile Delta’s fetid swamps.

Earth-like features on a distant world! Dan Smith shows how a few ripples on Mars are making waves in the geology community.

Neanderthals may have used a sticky substance made from birch bark to treat wounds thousands of years before antibiotics existed. Researchers recreated ancient birch tar production techniques and ...

To the ancient Romans, epilepsy was a contagious disease caused by evil spirits or demonic possession, and there was only one ...

The Huns were a nomadic people whose sudden and ferocious arrival in the late 4th century sent shockwaves through the ancient world. Known for their lightning-fast cavalry and relentless raids, they ...

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Scientists say they have identified an extinct crocodile species from about 45 million years ago in the limestone formation used to sculpt the Great Sphinx of Giza.

A newly discovered 460-million-year-old trilobite showed signs of being shaped and flattened—the first indication that ancient Romans purposely collected and modified the tiny fossils. A computer ...

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