11+ hour, 44+ min ago  (402+ words) Authorities in Sri Lanka have detained 22 Buddhist monks after customs officers discovered about 240 pounds (110 kilograms) of high-grade cannabis hidden in their luggage at Bandaranaike International Airport. Officials said the haul is the largest cannabis seizure ever recorded at the country's…...

15+ hour, 20+ min ago  (743+ words) The ancient Greek city of Ai-Khanoum in Afghanistan was discovered by accident in the 1960s, and its demise has captivated the interest of historians and archaeologists for decades. The city that was lost under the desert sands for almost two thousand…...

6+ hour, 15+ min ago  (517+ words) Between 50, 000 and 10, 000 years ago, Earth lost many of its giant animals that once dominated ecosystems across continents. Saber-toothed cats hunted with long, curved fangs. Massive ground sloths grew as large as elephants. Woolly mammoths roamed cold regions, with tusks stretching…...

8+ hour, 58+ min ago  (480+ words) On the opening day of the Bitcoin 2026 conference in Las Vegas, fintech company Aven unveiled a new product that drew significant attention: a bitcoin-backed line of credit delivered through a "gold" Visa credit card. The launch signals a notable shift…...

9+ hour, 36+ min ago  (392+ words) Lab analysis of remains from Karahantepe, a Neolithic site in Turkey, has shed new light on what people ate there roughly 12, 000 years ago, with diet patterns pointing to a heavy reliance on gazelle meat and legumes. Prof. Dr. Necmi Karul,…...

11+ hour, 41+ min ago  (560+ words) Pontius Pilate's role as governor of Judea has been widely misunderstood for nearly two thousand years. The error, researchers say, traces back to a single sentence written by a Roman historian. Wojciech Jan Kosior of the Faculty of Law and…...

18+ hour, 45+ min ago  (598+ words) An ancient manuscript that has recently come to light indicates that in 262 AD there was another battle at Thermopylae between the Greeks and the Goths. In 2007, Jana Gruskov, Ph D, of Masaryk University, discovered a manuscript fragment containing a piece…...

10+ hour, 10+ min ago  (731+ words) Greek civilization did not die with Alexander the Great. It traveled west, entered Rome, and helped build an empire that would outlast every Hellenistic kingdom. French historian Pierre Grimal traces how Hellenism and the rise of Rome were not competing…...

12+ hour, 37+ min ago  (412+ words) Archaeologists have confirmed the discovery of a Maya settlement in southern Mexico, featuring 80 buildings and rare decorative wall paintings. The site, named "El Jefeci'o," sits in the municipality of Oth'n P. Blanco in Quintana Roo. It spans an estimated 100 hectares (247 acres),…...

16+ hour, 6+ min ago  (308+ words) Greece has joined more than ninety countries in backing a joint declaration that calls for maritime security and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz following recent developments that have raised renewed concerns over one of the world's most vital…...