A volcanic eruption destroyed the Roman city of Pompeii in 79 AD, but an avalanche of tourists has caused officials to ...

The 3,800-year-old site near the city of Luxor holds the remains of 11 individuals, who may have been members of the same ...

When a volcanic eruption buried the ancient city of Pompeii, the last desperate moments of its citizens were preserved for ...

A Chinese rover has found new evidence to support the theory that Mars was once home to a vast ocean, including tracing some ...

Scans of mummies at Chicago’s Field Museum of Natural History uncovered new details about how they were prepared for the ...

Analyzing a leg bone from a fossil site in Colombia, scientists have identified a massive “terror bird” that lived about 12 ...

A lone researcher may have figured out how Mars was able to support rivers and seas even after the planet had begun to grow ...

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

With the assistance of China's Zhurong rover, scientists have gathered fresh evidence that Mars was home to an ocean billions ...

For most of human history, understanding the night sky was not the preserve of scientists, but a precious tool for our ...

The search for a lost Roman temple is on. As archaeologists continued to excavate a Roman fort from the first century A.D. in ...

Nero, who ruled from A.D. 54 to 68, is often remembered as one of history’s most notorious emperors, his reputation steeped ...