In the beginning, there were only myths. For the Greeks, the island of Crete was a distant and strange land and yet the site of some their most important traditions: Zeus was taken there to save him ...

New archaeological discoveries are prompting a critical re-evaluation of Mizo history. Findings at Vangchhia suggest an advanced civilization existed ...

Imagine digging into a quiet village field and finding signs of a whole city that existed more than 2,000 years ago. That’s what happened in Keeladi — a small village near Madurai that is now ...

Elon Musk declared he is "rewriting history books" with AI research into ancient Rome. The technology billionaire announced ...

The Iraqi cultural attache in London formally informed the ministry about the seizure of the 185 artifacts. Archaeological ...

LSU students spent this summer excavating the university’s first campus in Pineville, Louisiana - a 19th century complex that ...

One of the biggest volcanic eruptions in the last 10,000 years shook the Greek island of Thera—today known as Santorini. The ...

Some of the recent advances in the quest to catch a whiff of history are featured in the new book Scents of Arabia: ...

Overall, the study tells us that by 1021 CE, the Vikings were already in North America. They could have been there earlier, ...

University of Sheffield and University College London researchers have made the first successful detection of estrogen, ...

Archaeologists in Croatia have discovered a rare mass grave inside ancient water wells at Mursa (modern-day Osijek), ...

From the rediscovery of the “Lost Golden City” in Egypt to North America’s oldest footprints, 2021 reshaped our understanding ...