The Babylonian map is known as the Imago Mundi and holds the title of the oldest known map in the world as it shows the world ...

Encyclopedia Britannica says the Babylonian Map was "produced between the late 8th and 6th centuries BCE" and "depicts the oldest known map of the ancient world." ...

Scientists thought this crater in Australia was the world’s oldest – but an independent analysis shows they might be off by ...

In the world of archaeology, finding ancient maps or drawings can reveal a lot about how early humans thought and lived. A fascinating discovery in a French cave is giving researchers new insights ...

The discovery of an ancient meteorite impact crater was recently reported in Western Australia. But not everyone is convinced ...

A research team led by Eske Willerslev, professor at the University of Copenhagen and the University of Cambridge, has ...

It’s in one of the world’s most populous nations, on Australia’s doorstep and a former centre of global trade. Yet the Maluku Islands now feel untouched.

In 1931, the Skhūl I fossil was uncovered at Mugharat es-Skhūl (the Cave of the Children), also known as Skhūl Cave, Israel.

It’s at least 3.8 billion years old, among the oldest outcrops in the world. “Today, there are probably five to six known areas with rocks as old as this,” O’Neil says.

Researchers were able to date the fossil of the flying reptile, a close cousin of dinosaurs, back to more than 209 million years ago.

The new timeline suggests the boomerang is between roughly 39,000 and 42,000 years old, which means it’s 30,000 years older than the earliest known boomerangs made from wood by Indigenous ...