A study says the Ain Samiya goblet, found in 1970, depicts a moment of cosmic creation, challenging previous scholarly ...

Archaeologists in Turkey have just uncovered a shopping list,one that’s 3,500 years old. The discovery, made at the ancient ...

According to National Geographic, the map depicts distances between gates in the wall surrounding the Mesopotamian city of Nippur, but for decades experts questioned its accuracy. The locations of ...

The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, in modern-day Turkey, was an ornate memorial built for Carian ruler Mausolus and overseen by his sister-wife Artemesia II.

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The origins of ancient Greek city names like Athens and Olympia reflect mythology, history, and the development of Greek ...

Stories set in ancient worlds beyond Egypt, Greece and Rome offer a rare sense of distance and depth. These historical books ...

Researchers have launched Itiner-e, an interactive digital map tracing 300,000 kilometers of ancient Roman roads. The project reveals a far more extensive Roman network than previously believed, ...

In the center of Siena, Italy, a cathedral has stood for nearly 800 years. A black-and-white layer cake of heavy stone, fine-cut statuary, and rich mosaics, the imposing structure—now visited by more ...

Thousands of years before Monopoly, people were playing games like Senet, Patolli and Chaturanga Meilan Solly - Senior Associate Digital Editor, History Long before Settlers of Catan, Scrabble and ...