A cube-shaped skull from 1,400 years ago is opening a mystery that may reshape our understanding of the ancient world.

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The ancient Greeks and Romans built astonishing monuments like the Lighthouse of Alexandria and the Hanging Gardens of ...

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 DNA evidence reveals that the cats of ancient China were not what they seemed.

There's something about ancient civilizations that fascinates us even thousands of years later. Their architecture, ...

A recently discovered observatory may be the oldest in the Americas, challenging everything we knew about ancient astronomy.

I am only 7 days late in the 24-hour news cycle. Roman Protasevich and Sofia Sapega were arrested after Belarus air traffic ...

New research led by the British Museum has found evidence of the world’s oldest human fire-making activity in Barnham, ...

Archaeologists working in the Southern Ural Mountains have uncovered an unexpected clue about how an ancient plague once moved across Eurasia. A tiny sheep tooth found at the Bronze Age site of Arkaim ...

New evidence suggests that alcohol was a surprisingly big motivator in our monumental transition from hunting and gathering ...

Archaeologists working in the historic Turkish city of İznik have revealed a stunning third-century fresco depicting Jesus as the "Good Shepherd"—the only known example of this iconic Christian motif ...