What it is: A clay tablet inscribed with the oldest known map of the ancient world Where it is from: Abu Habba (Sippar), an ancient Babylonian city in what is now Iraq When it was made: Approximately ...

A newly spotlighted artifact from ancient Mesopotamia is offering a rare window into how one of the world’s earliest ...

Image Represents One of the First-Ever Maps of the World Anaximander's map was said to have been made between 2,500 and 2,600 years ago.

The origins of plate tectonics on Earth are hotly debated, but evidence from Australia now shows that parts of the crust ...

A new map shows hidden Martian rivers stretching thousands of miles, offering fresh evidence of a warm, wet ancient Mars.

Scientists may have discovered an ancient structure surrounding the Earth's core beneath the southern hemisphere.

Ancient Earth: Humans Season 50 Episode 15 | 53m 15sVideo has Audio Description, Closed Captions| ADCC How did Earth give rise to humans? See what made our species' existence possible.

Palynologists who study tiny pollen fossils share 4 stories found in grains that fell hundreds to millions of years ago.

Among the details revealed in the latest analysis are the ancient world's first-ever extensive system of stone "highways or super-highways," according to the researchers.

Earth’s earliest history still holds mysteries for geologists, and ancient craters could provide some answers — scientists are racing against time to find them ...

Planning for a camping trip turned into a potential monumental find for a Canadian man. While on Google Maps, he came across a strange pit on his screen, which researchers think could be a crater.