The pool measures an impressive 65 by 22.5 meters and was constructed with smooth-cut marble blocks. Its location near ancient Tyana, one of Cappadocia's most important Roman cities, places it within ...

The Greek physician Galen of Pergamum (129–216 AD) was familiar with the phenomenon of people pretending to be sick. In one ...

People in ancient times faked illnesses for all sorts of reasons. And in extreme cases, there might be a valid reason to lie.

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Among its many feats, Rome featured one of history’s most ...

Inside View: WSJ columnist Andy Kessler would rather be subjected to Jimmy Kimmel than protected from him by government. The essay on “The Braggart” begins: “Bragging is pretending to have excellences ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. It’s a really big deal when fossilized feces survive the ravages ...

You can’t accuse those who title “NOVA” episodes of burying the lede with “Ancient Desert Death Trap.” There are mysteries afoot, for sure. But a viewer will have the unavoidable suspicion that doom ...

Federal authorities have recovered more than a dozen ancient Egyptian artifacts illegally smuggled into the United States and destined for private collectors, including a funerary statue valued at ...

A bronze, temple-shaped box dating back over 1,700 years was discovered in central Romania, officials with the Turda History Museum announced in late September. Archaeologists unearthed the box over ...

Between 500 BCE and 500 CE, the Nazca people of coastal Peru created what amounts to the world's largest art gallery — except the viewing platform was the sky. Across nearly 200 square miles of desert ...

Lead exposure has been thought to be a uniquely modern phenomenon. Exposure to lead by ancient humans could have given modern humans a survival advantage over other species – more specifically, their ...

A telltale hint was on the bee’s knees. An analysis of 127 fossil flowers, flower buds and bees from central Germany revealed pollen particles that precisely matched ancient flowers to their ...