A 4,000-year-old stone slab, first discovered over a century ago in France, may be the oldest known map in Europe, according to a new study.

Many of the roads we use today have some of the ancient origins, whether a path that has been tread earlier, or a pathway ...

Archaeologists in Saudi Arabia have discovered hundreds of rock art engravings that were carved by humans more than 12,000 ...

AFTER a spate of killer whale attacks off the coast of Portugal, a crack team of orca hunters are vowing to help end the violence out at sea. A pod of killer whales have rammed three yachts in the ...

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Amazing photos show the world's oldest functioning camera obscura, dating back to the 1830s. Located in the Dumfries Museum's observatory in Scotland, the camera obscura has been functioning since ...

Some ancient societies in China and southeast Asia appear to have smoke-dried their dead, effectively mummifying them thousands of years earlier than their Egyptian counterparts, new research has ...

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For an old-house lover or preservationist, the recent renovation of one of Brooklyn Heights’ oldest houses, now on the market, is heartbreaking. While the exterior of the circa 1820s wood frame at 24 ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have discovered what's thought to be the oldest known mummies in the world in southeastern Asia dating back up to 12,000 years. Mummification prevents decay by preserving ...

JERUSALEM — After 800 years of silence, a pipe organ that researchers say is the oldest in the Christian world roared back to life Tuesday, its ancient sound echoing through a monastery in Jerusalem’s ...

A 103-year-old woman has been crowned the oldest female volunteer in the world after decades of volunteering in a hospital café. Centenarian Beryl Carr, who spent most of her life in Cambridgeshire, ...