Growing up in the Dominican Republic, Kathleen Martínez was captivated by Cleopatra. The ancient Egyptian queen ignited a ...

Experts are still puzzling over a basalt stone tablet more than three years after discovering it near Lake Bashplemi in Georgia. According to their recent study published in the Journal of Ancient ...

Most of the 115 stones covered in the study, usually of regional andesite or basalt, measure between three and 18 feet in ...

The ancient pyramid of Hellenikon in Greece has sparked controversy among researchers and archaeologists. Is it a pyramid or is it not?

The royal harem conspiracy was a real-life Game of Thrones—pitting two sons of Egyptian Pharaoh Ramesses III against one another in a bid for power. Ramesses III was ancient Egypt's last great pharaoh ...

The ancient Egyptians were not the first culture to mummify their dead, but they practically perfected the practice by wrapping and preserving millions of people and animals throughout the centuries.

Unravelling the Mystery of Knossos and the Minotaur' The legend of the Minotaur and its labyrinth has captivated us for centuries, but is there any evidence of it really existing? History Hit ...

SANTA CRUZ — While a graduate student at Johns Hopkins University, UC Santa Cruz history professor Elaine Sullivan unearthed ancient artifacts in Syria marked with an alphabetic script whose meaning ...

The Sacro Bosco’s meaning is the subject of debate, with scholars alternatively describing the sprawling complex as a memorial, an allegorical site or a tribute to ancient civilizations Lanta Davis ...

In an extraordinary breakthrough, scientists have traced the deadly bacterium behind the world’s earliest recorded pandemic to its epicentre for the first time. The Justinian Plague, which devastated ...

The absence of modern-day calculators did not stop ancient cultures from performing extraordinary feats of mathematics. The ancient Greeks kept count with abaci, frames with rods or grooves for moving ...

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