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

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 ...

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

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

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

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, ...

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 ...

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

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

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 ...