The “Greekness” of the Terracotta Army went viral, but archaeologists in China were skeptical of the influence of Greek art.

Nachos are a go-to for those who want a crispy, cheesy dish, but what if the traditional method is growing old? Try this twist on classic nachos, instead.

Continuous sleep is a modern habit, not an evolutionary constant, which helps explain why many of us still wake at 3am and wonder if something’s wrong. It might help to know that this is a deeply ...

On May 24, 1844, Samuel Morse sent the world’s first telegraph message, tapping out the biblical phrase “What hath God ...

Photography has come a long way since the first ever photo saw the light of day. We've gone from painstakingly exposing metal ...

The AD/CE system we use to date the year was introduced, more or less by accident, during the Middle Ages. Before its invention, the classical world used a wide range of dating systems.

Hard-wearing inventions of the 19th century, Lincrusta and Anaglypta could be made to resemble leather, plaster, and other ...

The first hydraulic telegraph was invented in the fourth century B.C.E. by a Hellenistic writer on the art of war, named ...

Every hour on the hour, day and night, Greek soldiers change the guard in front of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in ...

With 'Indignity,' Lea Ypi rescues her Albanian forebear, who grew up in the Ottoman Empire, from the flattening bureaucratic ...

Many inventions get revised over time. The pandemic gave one medical school student an idea about changing the stethoscope.

Introducing a complicated trio of one-offs from Vacheron Constantin ✓ An Armillary Tourbillon plus double-sided cosmic Grand ...