The tiny cuts and grooves that decorate some ancient human artifacts are not just pretty accidents, according to some ...

Dating back to the 7th century BC, it stretches over 13,000 miles across the Chinese landscape, snaking through rugged ...

Explore the captivating journey of ancient Greek astronomy in which mythological tales and mathematical precision mix together.

The swastika is one of the most ancient symbols used by humans and has been found in nearly every corner of the world. But for most people in the West, the swastika remains inextricably linked to ...

Artem Shuba via Unsplash Nearly 5,000 years ago, if the ground rumbled and the sky grew dark, it would be impossible for ancient agricultural communities to know that miles away a volcano had erupted.

Scientists have recreated the ancient night sky over Greece by using advanced astronomical software to accurately date lyric poet Sappho's 2,500-year-old 'Midnight Poem'. Sappho's 'Midnight Poem ...

The ancient city of Holmul isn’t much to look ... It fell to his successor (and perhaps son), Sky Witness, to spring the trap. The young king must have cut an impressive figure.

Although the ancient Egyptians produced over 107 pyramids ... most famous man-made building in the world—that remains the symbol of this distant civilization.The first time I entered the Great ...

The ancient Egyptians invented one of the earliest known writing systems used from around 3000 BC. The symbols they used were called hieroglyphs, which comes from a Greek word meaning ...

Ancient scrolls charred by a volcanic eruption 2,000 years ago may finally be starting to reveal their secrets. UK scientists say they have made a historic breakthrough in their efforts to ...