These “miniature trails of destruction,” as the researchers call them, are caused by high-energy particles bouncing off the ...

Mummy" is the word at the Field Museum this Halloween, which is using some new technology to unlock the secrets of the dead.

The ancient mystery of the great sound quality at the ancient Greek theater of Epidaurus has finally been solved, researchers ...

Using drone-based lidar, researchers mapped two medieval cities, Tashbulak and Tugunbulak, in Uzbekistan, revealing detailed urban structures significant to the Silk Road's history. The first use of d ...

Another challenge is that ancient rocks that are radioactive can also show signals ... a solution that has the potential to ...

It follows a significant gift courtesy of philanthropist Brian McCarthy, and the company Fexco, that will go towards the ...

Scans of mummies at Chicago’s Field Museum of Natural History uncovered new details about how they were prepared for the afterlife and helped solve a baffling mystery.

The ancient Romans were masters of building and engineering, perhaps most famously represented by the aqueducts.

A Virginia Tech-led team is hunting for dark matter — not with telescopes or particle colliders — but by scrutinizing billion ...

The technology will enable UCC to uncover messages hidden in the pages of ancient text, using a multi-spectral imaging system. It will build on previous work by the Inks & Skins project ...

An 'extraordinary' burial chamber containing the remains of an ancient Egyptian priestess has ... with rooms over 36 feet (11 metres) high carved into the rock. Idy had been placed in a coffin ...