In the shield-walls of the Viking Age, one name inspired more terror than any other: the Berserker. Known as the 'Bear-Skins, ...

Explore the fascinating world of Pea Eggplant—also called Turkey Berry, Prickly Nightshade, and more—as Mark from Self ...

Beneath the modern streets of Zadar, Croatia's oldest continuously inhabited city, archaeologists are piecing together a remarkable record of ancient life and death. Recent excavations have confirmed ...

The close relationship between humans and dogs has been ongoing for more than 14,000 years, a new study has discovered.

Today, there are over 100 distinct beer varieties, from pilsners and bocks, to porters, stouts, and IPAs. The oldest evidence ...

The Antikythera computer captured the ancient Greek passion for mathematics, and especially geometry, and science.

Paintings from ancient Egypt show the harvesting of grapes and the making of wine. Mesopotamian murals illustrate elites rai ...

After two decades of collaboration, a vast trove of ancient Tibetan manuscripts from the Silk Road oasis of Dunhuang has been ...

A recent archaeological investigation has offered a substantive reassessment of Rujm el-Hiri, a large protohistoric stone complex in the Golan Heights frequently characterized as the "Israeli ...

The artefact, unknowingly handed to a bus driver in the 1950s, was minted by an ancient Carthaginian civilisation in Cadiz ...

Emmanuel Macron has opened a new exhibition in Paris that's celebrates the heritage and history of Lebanon's ancient city of ...

Scientists have uncovered a new species of rhinoceros in the Canadian High Arctic, revealing that rhinos once lived far ...