Here, we explore six notable civilizations that have collapsed, shedding light on some of the causes behind their demise and ...

Scans of mummies at Chicago’s Field Museum of Natural History uncovered new details about how they were prepared for the ...

There are parts of the excavation site that date back to the Sasanian Empire of the 3 rd through 7 th centuries, but a majority of the best-preserved parts of the site are remnants of the Old ...

Staggeringly diverse rock art motifs in galleries across what is today Serranía De La Lindosa, Colombia, record a history of ...

Scholars have identified interesting parallels between the military alliances of NATO and the ancient Athenian-led Delian League.

That obelisk, now in St. Peter’s Square, witnessed centuries of history — from Rome’s bloody persecutions ... the old St.

A new study revives the old argument that ancient seals came before cuneiform, humanity's earliest known example of writing.

In the half-dark of a third-floor office, Danielle Levy lifted a clay tablet out of its box. Carefully examining it with ...

Eswatini in southern Africa is home to the world’s oldest ochre mine. A new study dates that mine to a full 48,000 years ago. Ochre is a clay-based pigment that was incredibly popular at that time, ...

Nabataeans established a mysterious, ancient kingdom and had a reputation for great accomplishments with links to Greece and ...

A rare Triassic fossil unearthed in Brazil, Gondwanax paraisensis, could provide new insights into the origins of dinosaurs.

Tugunbulak could have housed as many as 5,000 residents with the only source of food being pastured animals or what could be ...