There were many similarities between ancient Greece and Egypt. The two civilizations were in close contact during the ...

History is filled with powerful empires that seemed invincible until they weren't. Between roughly 1250 and 1150 BCE, major ...

Ancient Nubian civilizations practiced something that might shock modern sensibilities - they tattooed the faces of infants and toddlers as young as seven months old. A new study using advanced ...

Around 8,000 years ago, many civilizations thrived on plains that are now submerged by the North and Baltic seas. Now, scientists from a variety of northern European research institutions are ...

Two archaeologists from the American heartland are embarking on an Amazonian adventure to uncover the remains of a lost civilization — proving that world-class research can emerge from the Ozarks just ...

Scientists have obtained genetic material from the ancient Minoans and Mycenaeans, who lived three to five thousand years ago.

Amongst the most enduring mythical creatures, which were present in so many ancient cultures, are the dragons. Appearing frequently in folklore and tales from China in the east to Europe in the west, ...

New research suggests the Indus Valley Civilization was reshaped by centuries of river drought, migration, and climate stress.

A lost civilization moved 120-ton stone blocks thousands of years ago, and the question is how they even did it. No cranes, ...

Ocara-Açu, a vast precolonial Amazon settlement, underlies the modern-day city of Santarém in Brazil, once serving as the core of a regional network that may have housed up to 60,000 people before the ...

London, UK - 18 Dec, 2025 - A little over two thousand years ago, an unusual star was seen in the skies above Jerusalem, ...