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The Mystery of the Parthenon’s Interior Lighting System in Antiquity Revealed
The Parthenon temple on the Acropolis of Athens housed a colossal statue made of gold and ivory, carved by the famous ...
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Closer to the Theory of Everything: A new theory unifies the fundamental forces and changes our understanding of the universe
The biggest challenge in theoretical physics for more than a century has been to develop a unified theory that combines ...
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Secret Room with Tubes Revealing Ritual Use of Hallucinogens to Govern More than 2000 Years Ago Found in Peru
Two thousand years before the Inca Empire extended its dominion over the Andes, a much less known yet culturally influential ...
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All but one of Andromeda’s 37 satellite galaxies point toward the Milky Way—something so strange it challenges current cosmology
A recent study published in Nature Astronomy has revealed that the dwarf galaxies orbiting around Andromeda, our neighboring galaxy, are distributed in such an uneven way that it calls into question ...
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Wamba, the Elder Who Didn’t Want to Be King of the Visigoths
The Chapel of Corpus Christi in the Toledo Cathedral is also known as the Mozarabic Chapel because Cardinal Cisneros decreed in 1504 that it be used to celebrate worship according to the eponymous ...
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160 Million Years Ago, Giant Flying Reptiles Learned to Walk and Conquered the Earth
Life restoration of a group of giant azhdarchids, Quetzalcoatlus northropi, foraging on a Cretaceous fern prairie. Credit: Mark Witton and Darren Naish / Wikimedia Commons The study analyzes ...
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Why Did Some Animals Become Fossils While Others Simply Vanished? A Study Reveals That Size Matters
Why did some animals from ancient eras become fossils, while others simply disappeared without a trace? The answer, at least in part, may lie within their own bodies, according to a study from the ...
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Why Would All Lightsabers on Earth Be Blue? Can We Really Freeze People in Carbonite? The Science Behind Star Wars
Dr. Alex Baker on 'The Chemistry of Star Wars' at the Royal Institution in 2024. Credit: Royal Institution Since its premiere in 1977, Star Wars has captivated generations with its mix of adventure, ...
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Evidence of Ancient Ritual to “Kill” the Dead and Destroy Their Tombs in a Final Feast 4,000 Years Ago Found in Crete
The archaeological site of Sissi, seen from the north. The white dotted line indicates the limits of the cemetery (Zones 1 & 9). Credit: N. Kress / Belgian School at Athens During the Bronze Age ...
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Gaius Pontius, the Samnite Leader Who Defeated the Romans at the Caudine Forks and Was an Ancestor of Pontius Pilate
Pilate's Court, by Mihály Munkacsy. Credit: Public domain / Wikimedia Commons Eventually, the defeated Latin League dissolved, and its cities were incorporated into the Roman Republic, each according ...
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Submerged Circular Structures Discovered from Scotland’s Earliest Inhabitants, Who Arrived by Crossing Doggerland
Drone surveyed the orthomosaic map of the Sconsor foreshore, showing the circular stone alignment (C1) within the Sconser foreshore. Credit: K. Hardy et al. A group of archaeologists and scientists, ...
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First Known Visual Representation of Our Galaxy Discovered in Egyptian Art
The astronomical ceiling from the tomb of Seti I (KV 17). Note the undulating black curves between rows of yellow half-circles that border the two halves of the ceiling. Credit: Francis Dzikowski / ...