In my childhood, fire had two faces. The first: friendly, vivacious, exuberant. Like a puppy with sharp teeth and too much ...

For many years, scientists assumed that fire and humans were so connected that few of them gave any thought to fire before ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Based on a pile of archaeological evidence, researchers think that Neanderthals were deliberately lighting fires as a site in ...

A unique fire ceremony has unfolded through a mural at the ancient Sogdian palace of Sanjar-Shah in Tajikistan. Findings regarding this mural have been published in the journal Antiquity. Researchers ...

Ancient Roman forces may have used the polybolos to quell a rebellion at Pompeii in 89 B.C.E. The unique weapon was likely ...

Please can I ask how old is fire on earth, not tamed by people but since when has there been fire and flames on the planet. Samuel, 5, London You ask a very interesting question. For many years, ...

A blend of chemistry and molecular-biology techniques are enabling archaeologists to mine ancient sediments for clues about the people who once lived there. In 2019, environmental archaeologist David ...