Archeologists are hoping that an ancient map, left largely unstudied for 4,000 years, can point them towards some hidden secrets of the ancient world. The Bronze Age map, at first look, is just a ...

Hyperborea is a mythical land that appears several times in Greek mythology. But was it a real place? And if so, where was it ...

A newly spotlighted artifact from ancient Mesopotamia is offering a rare window into how one of the world’s earliest civilizations imagined the Earth. Known as the Imago Mundi, this Babylonian world ...

Unearthing the mysteries of our planet’s past, ancient maps offer a unique window into the world as it once was, depicting continents that have long since disappeared. These maps, coupled with modern ...

The star catalog was made by ancient Greek astronomer Hipparchus around 162 and 127 BCE, 1,400 years before the telescope. By Laura Baisas Published Oct 20, 2022 1:00 PM EDT Get the Popular Science ...

In the Amfissa Valley, an ancient footpath winds through thousand-year-old olive groves to the ancient ruins of Delphi — and a haunting cave shrouded in legend and folklore. According to Greek ...

The resting place of Noah’s Ark—a ship said in the Bible to have saved two of every animal during an ancient Great Flood sent by God to flush evil out of the world—may have been located thanks to a ...