The board, which is composed of 10 Republicans and five Democrats, narrowly passed the new curriculum in a vote of 8-7.

Archaeologists unearthed the first Aztec death whistles, also known as ehecachichtlis, in 1999 while excavating the ...

Jalue Dorje knew it would be the last big party before he joins a monastery in the Himalayan foothills — thousands of miles from his home in a Minneapolis suburb, where he grew up like a typical ...

Contrary to the "strength and honor" depicted in Hollywood films "Gladiator" and "Gladiator II," some ancient Romans ...

Researchers at Acadia University find that wine drinkers are more accepting of pasta sauce formulated with the addition of grape pomace than those who do not drink wine.

Famously known for its extensive ring system, Saturn is one of four planets in our solar system that have the distinctive ...

Ancient Egyptians drank a potent concoction from a palm-sized mug shaped like the deity Bes, who was believed to protect ...

The discovery of fossilised plant 'blood' - once prized as a gemstone - shows what lived on the continent before it was all ...

Over the past 100 years, GZUCM has cultivated 180, 000 top-degree doctors who are dedicated to the nation and the cause of traditional Chinese medicine, including leading figures represented by ...

From maps and pickaxes, it is now possible to discover ancient relics from a distance, as in the case of a recent find.

Archaeologists have identified the site of an ancient battle in what is now Iraq by comparing historical accounts with ...

The nondestructive technology resulted in ... among the upper middle class and those of high status, Brown said. Burials for pharaohs, the rulers of ancient Egypt, were comparable to the status ...