Enigmatic cone-shaped vessels recovered at several Copper Age archaeological sites in the Middle East region were actually beeswax lamps used during ancient community vigils, a new study finds. These ...

Chalcolithic cornets are conical ceramic vessels produced exclusively during the Chalcolithic period, recovered in abundance at some archaeological sites but absent at others. Their function has long ...

CHEGA SOFLA, IRAN—Science News Today reports that archaeologists excavating a Copper Age cemetery in western Iran recently noticed the unusual skull of a young woman among the burials. Her elongated ...

A Harvard astrophysicist and NASA are locked in a public disagreement over a small, shiny object photographed on the Martian surface. The dispute hinges on whether the object is human-made debris or ...

The mysterious party hat-shaped object on Mars which perplexed experts has been identified as a naturally occurring rock shape, attributed to the Martian winds which have been known to produce other ...