Ancient bones, artifacts and texts offer numerous insights into the past, as does the chewing gum that Neolithic people ...

Ancient DNA reveals Napoleon’s army was decimated by hidden fevers, not typhus, during the disastrous 1812 Russian invasion.

Scientists have recently developed a groundbreaking pregnancy test that can detect pregnancy in skeletons buried ...

Premieres Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / KPBS+. Deep in the Arabian Desert lie thousands of enigmatic stone megastructures whose true form is visible only from the sky. Follow ...

Archaeologists have revealed key details about the artillery aboard the royal Danish-Norwegian flagship Gribshunden, a late medieval vessel. The carvel-built warship is considered the world's ...

An underground tunnel network long rumored thanks to drawings by Leonardo da Vinci under Milan’s Sforza Castle is now proven ...

New research from Japan's iron-rich hot springs shows how early microbes may have harnessed iron and oxygen during the Great Oxygenation Event.

An innovative study, based on Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology, has re-evaluated what made a road “royal” in ...