Archeologists found evidence that ancient Romans may have used a medical treatment involving perfume... and human feces.

Researchers found a tiny bottle from ancient Rome that contained fecal residue and traces of aromatics, offering evidence that poop was used medicinally more than 2,000 years ago.

How would a New York Times obituary writer measure up to the scribes of the Book of the Dead? He found out at the Brooklyn Museum.

The essays in a new anthology offer two distinct ways of interpreting the Promethean legacy of scientific progress.

This video explores the evolution of writing from its inception to modern times, highlighting significant developments and scripts. It focuses on the Mongolian script, currently used in Inner Mongolia ...

An Egyptian papyrus from the 13th century BC describes giant warriors and reopens a global historical and biblical debate.

Close your eyes and picture a TV period drama. One inevitably imagines bonnets and britches, top hats and horses, fluttering ...

Arms technology is one of the driving forces behind warfare. While there was a period where most of humanity was on an even playing field, the history of warfare is one defined by technological ...

A carved stone tablet found in southern Georgia bears dozens of symbols that have no clear parallel in known languages or writing systems. The discovery suggests that part of the region’s written past ...

Mars once had sprawling river systems that rivaled major watersheds on Earth, and scientists have now identified the biggest ones for the first time. Researchers mapped 16 massive drainage basins ...

Amazon is touting its collection of official screenplays and movie scripts as a great last-minute gift idea for film buffs and collectors like. From the complete “Stranger Things” scripts to an ...

The room we are in is locked. It is windowless and lit from above by a fluorescent bulb. In the hallway outside—two stories beneath the city of London—attendants in dark suits patrol silently, giving ...