According to research published in Nature's npj Heritage Science journal, Professor Sayed Hemeda of Cairo University's Department of Preservation of Architectural Heritage has identified structural ...

In one of the most audacious museum robberies in recent history, four masked thieves broke into the world-famous Louvre Museum in Paris on Sunday morning and made off with eight priceless pieces of ...

What is lost are political structures, economic systems, and ruling elites. What persists - always - are the people and their informational legacy. Customs, tools, beliefs, and institutions integrate ...

Metal detectorists scanning a Baltic Sea beach in Poland have discovered a spectacular Hallstatt period dagger dating back approximately 2,800 years. The intricately decorated weapon, found embedded ...

Hidden beneath the sands of Egypt's Giza Plateau, three precisely engineered shafts have been rediscovered that may unlock access to a vast underground network whispered about by ancient Greek ...

Archaeologists in Bavaria have uncovered the foundation of what appears to be a monumental Roman burial mound - a discovery that has astonished experts and shed new light on the Roman presence in ...

The Hopi are an aggregation of clans that came together at the “center-point” ( Tuuwanasavi) in northern Arizona during the course of their migrations. Because they are not a monolithic tribe, the ...

It started with her childhood love of animals and all the books she read; and continued with meeting Mary & Dr. Louis Leaky and befriending the chimp at Gombe in Tanzania she named David Greybeard.

For this reason, Cyrus became (and remains) a legendary figure in Jewish history, though he was not Jewish himself. He was more likely a devotee of Zoroastrianism, which was fervently embraced by his ...

Join Dr. Ioannis Syrigos from Ancient Origins as he interviews Eckart Frahm, Yale professor and leading expert on Assyria and Mesopotamian history. Together, they’ll uncover the mysteries of the ...

The discovery, published in Nature Geoscience, provides unprecedented insight into the chemical building blocks that formed our planet and challenges long-held assumptions about the complete ...

The plague theory emerged primarily from ancient texts rather than physical evidence. Hittite plague prayers from the late 14th century BC describe a devastating epidemic that allegedly originated ...