"There are many factors that contribute to Finland being ranked the happiest country in the world eight times," Heli Jimenez, ...

In the next 30 years, geophysicists predict Istanbul has a 40 to 60 percent chance of a major earthquake, which could imperil its ancient architecture. There are roughly 40,000 historical sites in ...

Where did Europe's distinct Uralic family of languages—which includes Hungarian, Finnish, and Estonian—come from? New ...

A new study has uncovered evidence that a giant marine reptile from the Early Jurassic period used stealth to hunt its prey in deep or dark waters—much like owls on land today.

WASHINGTON — Ancient DNA has revealed a genetic link between the cultures of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, according to research published Wednesday in the journal Nature.

An ancient city was most likely ruled by females living in a "matriarchal society" more than 9,000 years ago, according to a study published in Science this week.

The largest collection of Roman coins found in Spain is now on exhibit. The museum display features 50,000 ancient coins from the third and fourth centuries A.D.

Volunteers were baffled recently when they unearthed not one but two ancient shoes at a historic British site.

Humans Ancient humans only evolved language once, but why? There’s an argument rumbling about why our ancestors evolved language. And surprisingly, one of the possible explanations has nothing ...

Scientists have determined that a giant skull from an ancient human relative named the "Dragon Man" is actually Denisovan.

An Ancient Christian tomb complex dating back 1,500 years was discovered by a contractor who was clearing rubble beneath a destroyed house in Syria's Idlib province.

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 ...