The mysterious string of symbols is a tradition tied to the end of the Christmas season. Here's what it means.

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A coin hoard dating back about 2,100 years, during the time of the Jewish Hasmonean kings, has been discovered at a site in ...

Archaeologists in central China have identified an enormous tomb that may have belonged to a prehistoric king, or someone ...

In 2018, researchers observed J35 pushing her dead calf along for 17 days, propping it up for more than 1,000 miles.

The Calvert Marine Museum recently announced a groundbreaking paleontological discovery in which a coprolite — fossilized feces — containing the impression of a new genus and species of parasitic mari ...