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 ...

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

Ever been late because you misread a clock? Sometimes, the "clocks" geologists use to date events can also be misread. Unravelling Earth's ...

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

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." ...

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

A groundbreaking discovery in the realm of ancient medicine has emerged from a 2,200-year-old tomb in southern China. Researchers uncovered a Chinese text on silk that could very well be the world’s ...

Now, in a new study, a bone bed from near the end of the period has revealed a detailed look at the life that was thriving in streams and channels around 209 million years ago, including the ...

Canadian scientists found the oldest known rocks on Earth - dating back 4.16 billion years - shedding light on our planet’s earliest history.

Digbeth is known as the oldest suburb in Birmingham, with Aston also one of the oldest areas and was even mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086. Aston was first mentioned in the Domesday Book in 1086 ...

Researchers spent years quietly studying a stone carved with 255 runes. Now, revealing the stone’s existence, they’re asking the public for help.

New research suggests that the geological site harbors the oldest known surviving fragments of Earth’s crust, dating back to 4.16 billion years ago.