Maya blue, discovered by modern researchers in 1931, is not an easy pigment to make. Echoing the color of an azure sky, the indelible pigment was used to accentuate everything from ceramics to human ...

Although molecular traces of ancient wines have been found staining pottery walls, this is the oldest wine in a liquid state ...

That includes ancient Egypt, as well as ancient Greek, Vedic, Maya, Inca, and Aztec cultures. The Urarina people who live in the Peruvian Amazon Basin still use a psychoactive brew called ayahuasca in ...

Palestine, during the Bronze Age (c. 3300-1200 BCE). They developed all the hallmarks of an advanced culture, including art, ...

Today, when one thinks of the origin of sports and athletic competitions, the ancient Greeks often come to mind. Although ...

Just a quarter cup of this bite-sized snack can pack a punch, offering major health benefits like fighting aging and easing ...

Archaeologists uncovered remains and objects in a Pompeii house, revealing the final moments of residents during the 79 A.D.

When many people talk about the ancient Greek Cynics, these peculiar philosophers, they are thinking only of Diogenes of ...