The Sphinx sits right next to a pharaoh’s pyramid complex, which makes many historians think it was built to watch over his ...

When we think of the world's oldest art, Europe usually comes to mind, with famous cave paintings in France and Spain often ...

The 1850 discovery of King Ashurbanipal's vast library of cuneiform tablets at Nineveh illuminated fascinating records and ...

Archaeologists find 20 people buried beneath a single floor in Çatalhöyük, revealing key rituals and social changes.

One of Israel’s leading archaeologists, he found evidence that the writing of the Old Testament likely began much earlier ...

The ruins of Chersonesus, an ancient Greek city located in Crimea, now part of the Russian Federation following the Russian invasion. The site is included on UNESCO’s list of World Heritage sites.

New archaeological evidence is helping rewrite old myths about disabled people in the ancient world. Early Roman Empire depiction of a Freedman and Freedwoman, 30-15 BCE. British Museum, London, UK.

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The Dmanisi Hominid Archaeological Site is home to the oldest hominid fossils in Europe, and many studies have tried to sort through the fossils to ...

Miriam Naiem, Yulia Vus, and Ivan Kypibid. Ten Speed Graphic, $19.99 (112p) ISBN 978-0-593-84015-3 The informative and inspiring graphic nonfiction debut by Ukrainian researcher and podcaster Naiem ...

If Russia does ever triumph over Ukraine, history will observe that Western Europe and the United States lacked the will to do more than half-measures to block the Kremlin’s imperialism. The latest ...

The newly excavated 4,500-year-old valley temple from ancient Egypt holds a "public calendar" and a roof for astronomical observation. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

Travel throughout much of Europe today and you’ll find traces of the Roman Empire everywhere. Amphitheaters, aqueducts, walls, bridges, forts and other structures built centuries ago are still ...