I ndeed, much of what humanity categorizes as “recorded history” spans little more than the last five thousand years. In the ...

A newly published scientific analysis has identified a previously unknown formula for ancient eye makeup used in northwestern ...

Today, beer is one of the world's most popular alcoholic beverages, with countries across the globe crafting their own unique ...

In the early 20th century, architects turned to a newly discovered past to craft novel visions of the future: the ancient history of Mesopotamia. Eva Miller traces how both the mythology of Babel and ...

Over time, our connection with these deities has evolved from devotion to embodiment, guiding us into connecting with “the ...

A new theory suggests the wheel may have been invented not in Mesopotamia, but by copper miners in what is now Hungary nearly ...

For identity and legitimacy, Templar pilgrims relied on symbols, reputation, and recognition. In Web3, the emergence of decentralized identity frameworks now allows users to prove who they are without ...

In 1954, a curious structure was discovered in the northwest of the island of Sardinia, near the town of Porto Torres: a ...

The event is put on each year by sixth graders, who resaerch historical figures for a living wax figure project ...

UNITED NATIONS -- An exhibition highlighting China's ancient Shu civilization opened on Monday at the UN headquarters in New York, providing a rare international platform for a culture that flourished ...

How a single battle—and one young pharaoh—turned Egypt into a superpower. Across the Levant in the 15th century B.C., cities were rising up against freshly-installed pharaoh Thutmose III.