The oldest evidence for human ancestors using fire, dating back to between 1 million and 1.5 million years ago, comes from a ...

A series of severe, decades-long droughts ushered the end of the Indus Valley Civilization, one of the world's oldest ...

The Indus Valley Civilization, one of the world's oldest, was a thriving society in what is now Pakistan and northwest India ...

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 ...

Shadow puppetry dates back to ancient civilizations, where it was used for storytelling and education. It is believed to have originated in Asia before spreading to other parts of the world. The ...

Archaeological evidence from sites like Madjedbebe suggested an arrival date of approximately 65,000 years ago, while genetic analyses consistently pointed to a much more recent timeframe of 47,000 to ...

The British Museum is well placed to refer to the discovery of the Library of Ashurbanipal as “one of the most important” ...

The museum's suspension of on-site ticket sales is primarily a response to the high volume of visitors. Such measures are common in popular exhibitions, especially when they showcase culturally and ...

Old Peritheia, the oldest village of Corfu, is composed of ruined stone mansions and semi-ruined temples with forever muted ...

Ultimately, these 573 fortresses redefine what we know about northern China’s prehistory. Long before the first emperors ...

These murals come from new settlements that rose after the city of Caral, a major urban center in the Supe Valley, could no ...

Archaeologists in Turkey discovered a Bronze Age loaf of bread in 2024, offering insight into ancient baking practices and ...