Towards the end of Philip Ball’s marvellous book on the history of alchemy he tells the story of pioneering nuclear physicist ...

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Ella Al-Shamahi explores the complexities of our past by meeting the fascinating human species we once shared the planet with ...

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Bone arrow points from prehistoric Argentina are offering a rare window into how ancient communities organized work, shared ...

For decades, research and understanding of the diverse bone raw material used by the Late Prehispanic Period (~1220 to 330 ...

The mysterious Lycurgus Cup is a convincing artifact indicating that, possibly unbeknownst to them, the ancient Romans used ...

Vivid scenes of battlefield decapitations and female prisoners dragged off by their hair, carved into the 1,840-year-old ...

Archaeologists excavating sites on Russia's Taman Peninsula have uncovered remarkable evidence of ancient innovation—carefully crafted bone skates made from horse bones that enabled ancient peoples to ...

In her transdisciplinary Media Art Xploration series, science provides the data that art transforms into sensory and ...

Archaeologists working at an excavation site in Pompeii have uncovered new evidence that helps explain why ancient Roman buildings have ...

Agon' director Giulio Bertelli discusses how he got Mubi to board his offbeat allegorical drama on sports, technology, social ...