A birthday cake had lit candles around it, with each candle representing a year of the celebrant’s life. The celebrant blows ...

Archaeologists and divers returned to the 2,000-year-old Antikythera wreck in Greece and found dozens of artifacts, photos show. Photo from Return to Antikythera Off the coast of a Greek island ...

When a section of road in eastern Cyprus collapsed, officials looked into the gaping hole and were surprised to find a long-forgotten ancient tomb. Excavations revealed the roughly 2,000-year-old ...

Scientists have probed tiny glass beads among NASA's Apollo 17 rock samples and found new information about the moon's ancient volcanoes.

Archaeologists have unearthed a "spectacular" ancient temple housing hundreds of statues dedicated to the Greek God Apollo. The site, known as the Sanctuary of Apollo, is located in a remote ...

Ancient Greek physicians believed the full moon could unbalance the mind, linking lunar cycles to madness and mental disturbance.

The standstill, when the moon is at its northernmost or southernmost point, occurs because the moon’s orbit is slowly dragged around in an 18.6-year cycle by the gravitational pull of the sun.

Three centuries after horse-drawn chariots were introduced to Scandinavia, a Bronze Age artisan crafted the Sun Chariot, a stunningly detailed object that may represent an ancient mythological ...

The newly released preview begins with Kim Wan Sun and Lee Chae Yeon dancing together to the latter’s hit “ KNOCK,” while Chanelle Moon joins Narsha in dancing to Brown Eyed Girls’ classic ...

Join planetary scientist Beth Johnson as we explore a groundbreaking discovery from NASA's Curiosity rover on Mars. Scientists have identified siderite—a rare iron carbonate mineral—within ancient ...

This recently discovered “ancient” bottle of Malört displays a label with the name of the Mar-Salle Distillery in Chicago, which produced the spirit between 1953 and 1986.

Two recently discovered ancient gold rings set with garnets reveal how Greek trends and customs became part of life in Jerusalem 2,300 years ago.