The 1-inch pottery fragment — part of a seal that was used to authenticate official documents — had reportedly been unearthed ...

Long before there were maps or names for continents, a handful of people stood at the edge of the world. Picture them on a ...

The ancient Romans were masters of building and engineering, perhaps most famously represented by the aqueducts.

When you think of ancient Egypt, you might imagine towering pyramids, majestic temples, and the noseless Great Sphinx of Giza ...

Archaeologists recently uncovered an ancient wine production center near a castle in Turkey — and it’s believed to date back ...

Sorghum may not be on your radar, but it’s been a dietary staple for centuries across Asia and Africa. New research shows ...

Without the scholars of the Islamic Golden Age, who translated Ancient Greek, it is likely that ancient knowledge would now ...

New research shows that the rise of Sumer was deeply tied to the tidal and sedimentary dynamics of ancient Mesopotamia. Early ...

In Croatia, archaeologists have discovered a mass grave dating back to the third century CE that indicates another key to ...

Scientists found the remains of an extinct rhino that lived in the Arctic 23 million years ago. It likely reached there over ...

In the south-east of the continent at Budj Bim (Mount Eccles), modern science can tell us a volcanic eruption happened between 30,000 and 39,000 years ago. Gunditjmara people hold a story about an ...

Hundreds of gold and silver coins, along with jewelry and other artifacts, have been found in the Czech Republic at what ...