The newly discovered section of the Great Wall of China was constructed in the late Western Zhou Dynasty and the early Spring ...

In the world of ancient manuscripts, scholars often come across texts that have been altered or erased. This technique, ...

That makes it one of the oldest known animal sex chromosomes. The finding also is evidence that octopuses and other cephalopods, a class of sea animals that includes squid and nautiluses ...

According to the source, they revealed that Eon, the film's production company, isn't concerned whether the next James Bond is already a well-known actor or not. This sentiment is shared by Bond ...

Some have estimated, however, that large turtles may be able to live 400 to 500 years! Jonathan the Seychelles giant tortoise is currently the oldest known land animal in the world. Meet Jonathan and ...

Researchers studying sediment cores recovered from mainland Greece and the Aegean Sea have found the oldest known evidence of lead pollution in the environment dating to around 5,200 years ago.

One of the most important books in human history is the Bible, which exists in multiple variants. As Christianity is one of the world’s largest religions, it’s observed in many different languages. In ...

The oldest Bible in the world isn’t some known translation, however. You won’t find some storied old copy of the King James Bible floating around, just as a general example. Instead, most of the ...

Credit: Octopus – CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons / Wikipedia Slovenia Researchers in South Africa claim to have discovered what could be one of the oldest mixed poisons in the world. While ...

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The Indus Valley Civilisation, also known as the "Harappan Civilisation," is the oldest civilisation found in India. However, can you imagine another civilisation that existed before the Indus ...