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

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

William Dalrymple has spent decades writing about history, but he’s discovered that an even bigger audience wants to hear him ...

Ancient cylinder seals in Mesopotamia shaped the development of proto-cuneiform writing in Uruk around 3000 BCE, linking ...

Dajuan Harris was the second best Jayhawk by a wide margin. He scored ten points, dished out six assists and in the process ...

Tiffany Shlain and Ken Goldberg pay homage to the ongoing human quest for knowledge by documenting its evolution through ...

Accessible worldwide at virtual.basilicasanpietro.va, the free interactive platform allows anyone in the world to “visit” the ...

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

This week, uncover the secrets of Pompeii through ancient DNA, meet an adventurous emperor penguin, seek signs of mysterious ...

When a volcanic eruption buried the ancient city of Pompeii, the last desperate moments of its citizens were preserved in ...

As a people we Indians are rather inept at presenting our real achievements to the rest of the world. So many among ... ridiculous considering that ancient India had many genuinely spectacular ...

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