On May 24, 1844, Samuel Morse sent the world’s first telegraph message, tapping out the biblical phrase “What hath God ...
While pumpkin spice is available in one form or another all year long, sales of pumpkin-spiced products increase exponentially in the fall. The pumpkin spice craze is so popular that the start of the ...
The researchers’ reconstruction shows that by mixing four resets at 358 months (the inex cycle) for every one at 223, the ...
In a recent study, Dr. Timur Sadykov and his colleagues analyzed the Scythian animal-style artifacts recovered from one of ...
For millennia, ancient civilizations have left us clues about the importance of living in harmony with nature. Despite the ...
Archaeologists led by University of Missouri professor Marcello Mogetta have uncovered a massive stone-lined water basin in the ancient Roman city of Gabii, just eleven miles east of Rome. Built ...
In 400 BCE, Persian builders perfected the yakhchal, an enormous domed ice house that stored frozen water year-round. Using ...
The temporary structures will return next month—but in the meantime, visitors will enjoy rare unobstructed views of the ancient hilltop temple in Athens Cool Finds The marble sculpture, discovered at ...
The Rolls Royce emblem, dubbed the Spirit of Ecstasy, draws heavily from the Nike of Samothrace, a Hellenistic masterpiece ...
The silent, weathered stones of the Great Wall of China and the majestic, mortarless granite enclosures of Great Zimbabwe ...
The ancient Greek engineer Mandrocles of Samos is credited with creating the Pontoon Bridge, which spanned the Bosphorus Strait.
Explore Kibyra in Burdur — the 2,300-year-old City of Gladiators with Roman ruins, a Medusa mosaic, and stunning winter ...