A new preprint suggests that an ancient Chinese star catalog dates to 355 B.C.E. But other researchers aren't convinced, ...

They found that the ancient star chart actually dates to 355 B.C. — 250 years earlier than previously thought — and that it ...

For more than two thousand years, people have mapped the stars. But a new study claims one of the world’s oldest surviving ...

Mentions of the critically endangered Yangtze finless porpoise in ancient Chinese poetry have revealed missing information ...

Ancient military fortifications dating back to the Ptolemaic and Roman eras of Egyptian history were recently uncovered by ...

Göran Bengtsson, a hobby archaeologist, was studying an 18th-century map of southwestern Sweden when he noticed something unusual.

Newly discovered fragments of 2,200-year-old star coordinates—once thought lost—reveal the incredible skill of the ancient astronomer ... used by scientists to map objects in the sky.

The ancient Greek city-state of Syracuse on the eastern coast of Sicily started as a colony and became a Greek metropolis.

Thousands of years ago, Chinese astronomers used an ancient record of constellations and their coordinates to study the sky.

The holiday weekend also offers opportunities to head outside with street, food, and music festivals. The Denver Arts ...

Heading to the Louvre during your next trip to France? There are some important things to know before you go. In this article ...

For one camper, a quick browse on Google Maps led to the discovery ... to be between 450 and 38 million years old, meaning it ...