In the summer of 480 BC, a narrow mountain pass became the stage for one of history’s most symbolic last stands. This chapter explores Thermopylae as sacred ground, strategic chokepoint, and political ...

YouTube star IShowSpeed gets a surprise history lesson in Egypt, discovering why Greek-style statues stand among ancient ...

Historic Rangeley is highlighting the Vail Site exhibit, which documents the earliest known human presence in western Maine ...

A late written history, bardic praise, and scattered digs around Galloway and Bamburgh hint at a real struggle behind the legends of the Old North. This chapter follows the siege, the warlords, and ...

During the season 22 premiere episode of "Ancient Aliens" viewers tuning in will join skilled archaeologists as they take a ...

He was contemplating the klismos, a sculptural chair with a curved backrest, woven seat, and tapered saber legs that swoop ...

ROME (AP) — One of the best-preserved ancient Roman homes on the Palatine Hill is opening to the public for the first time, ...

Archaeologists often focus on what skeletal remains can tell about how and when ancient peoples died. But an individual’s ...

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.

The room we are in is locked. It is windowless and lit from above by a fluorescent bulb. In the hallway outside—two stories beneath the city of London—attendants in dark suits patrol silently, giving ...

A terracotta figurine in the form of a pig was made in Egypt around 3000 b.c., during the Early Dynastic period. Pork accounts for more than a third of the world’s meat, making pigs among the planet’s ...

Along with its many other innovations, the Roman Empire revolutionized architecture with never-before-seen features, such as large-scale arches and dome roofs. And many of these structures still stand ...