A winter storm moved through the Philadelphia region, Pennsylvania suburbs and South Jersey on Sunday, dropping snow ...

Population of ancient Greece, Men weighing merchandise, side B of an Attic black-figure amphora. Credit: Marie-Lan Nguyen Wikimedia Commons CC BY 2.5 Estimating the population of ancient Greece is a ...

Explore how climate change threatens 50 UNESCO World Heritage sites around the globe, from melting glaciers and rising sea ...

As a volcanic eruption darkened the sun roughly 4,900 years ago, a Stone Age culture sacrificed hundreds of decorated stone plaques to try to coax it back. A trove of engraved stones unearthed ...

Charred by the flames of a funeral pyre, the Derveni Papyrus has proved to be a fascinating—and confounding—artifact Teresa Nowakowski Daily Correspondent The Derveni Papyrus, named for the ...

New discoveries by a UCF researcher and her team at the ancient Mesopotamian site of Kurd Qaburstan, including clay tablets with ancient cuneiform writing, a game board and large structural ...

A fascinating new study reveals that the mammalian outer ear has its evolutionary roots in the gills of ancient fish. This surprising discovery sheds light on how structures can adapt over millions of ...

The current Belgian-German border is slightly east of the old eastern border of the tiny neutral district of Moresnet with Prussia. This point saw five different borders meet, though no more than ...

Here’s how it works. An ancient and enigmatic stone circle in the Middle East may not be a prehistoric astronomical observatory after all, according to a new study of satellite images.

But using ice cores and other ancient data points allows scientists to peer much deeper into the past, and establish that the climate today is likely warmer than it has been in 120,000 years.

A mix of ancient divinities, Aphrodite was patron over love, beauty, fertility, and war. But the venerated Greek deity has a more complex rise to fame than one might think. The birth of ...

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa. (WPVI) -- Two passenger vehicles and a SEPTA bus were involved in a crash on Wednesday in King of Prussia, Montgomery County. The crash happened just before 2 p.m. at the ...