Up until the time of the Spanish conquest in the 16th century, Inca communities in the Andean highlands used a peculiar form ...

Atop Mount Nemrut lies what some call the eighth wonder of the world: a religious sanctuary of 10 colossal statues surrounding a mound believed to hold the tomb of an ancient king. These ...

The ancient Greek word daimon—from which the modern "demon" derives—referred to god-like spirits and supernatural forces. While a daimon could be good or evil, the latter was a malevolent ...

Philo of Byzantium, a pioneering Hellenistic engineer, revolutionized mechanics and automation in ancient Alexandria.

For hundreds of years, Andean people recorded information by tying knots into long cords. Will we ever be able to read them?

The travel photography blog Capture the Atlas has released the eighth edition of its annual Milky Way Photographer of the ...

Described by Capture the Atlas as an "extraordinary milestone," the image One in a Billion, was captured by NASA astronaut ...