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

Step into the past and uncover the secrets of Rhodes Ancient Greece, where hidden treasures and untold stories await your ...

As part of their survey, researchers examined declassified U.S. spy satellite imagery from the 1970s, which is now in the public domain, and compared the visual data to modern-day photography and ...

Nero, who ruled from A.D. 54 to 68, is often remembered as one of history’s most notorious emperors, his reputation steeped ...

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

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

Homer's Ancient Greek Poem Iliad has inspired a small village in Turkey to install busts of the Trojan war heroes on their ...

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 ...

A link exists between 6,000-year-old engravings on cylindrical seals used on clay tablets and cuneiform, the world’s oldest ...

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

Researchers traced the genetic history of aurochs, revealing ancient migrations, distinct populations, and the impact of ...

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, ...