Erich von Däniken, the Swiss author whose books on the alleged extraterrestrial origins of ancient civilizations brought him ...

At the height of its power, the Roman Empire extended as far away as Britain. Rome didn’t view the region as remote or ...

A demonstration of an ancient device reveals how simple physics can create extremely fast spinning motion, showing that clever engineering existed long before modern machines. China bans Tesla-style ...

The Greeks proposed the idea that humans are a form of artificial intelligence. Prometheus and Hephaestus use technology to ...

Archaeologists working at an excavation site in Pompeii have uncovered new evidence that helps explain why ancient Roman buildings have lasted for thousands of years. The discovery points to a special ...

As the year closes, it’s time to pay tribute to some of the best documentaries of 2025. Many of these are heavy, often depressing features, because good documentarians hold up a mirror to the times ...

Archaeologists excavating a Pompeii site uncovered the secret behind the longevity of ancient Roman structures: a unique concrete mixture that could chemically repair itself over time. A recent study, ...

Season’s greetings from The Debrief… this week in our top stories, researchers have unveiled a novel “cloaking device” that can shield complex objects from detection using real-world materials.

For more than a century, researchers have documented physical evidence in Egypt that does not match the tools officially attributed to the ancient builders. Precision stonework, unexplained drill ...

According to Ai (@ai_darpa), artificial intelligence has been used to vividly animate the millennium-old Chinese painting 'The Night Revels of Han Xizai,' demonstrating AI's potential in cultural ...