Mesopotamians, the ancient inhabitants of the land between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, are credited for many firsts in human history, including writing, urbanism and the state. Among these ...

This magnificent overlook sits within the Ruffner Mountain Nature Preserve, a sprawling natural sanctuary that serves as Birmingham’s green lung. The preserve itself is a minor miracle—over 1,000 ...

In an excerpt from his new book Dinner with King Tut, Sam Kean explores a weird and wild '90s experiment to replicate ancient ...

Ancient Greeks encoded the secrets of their civilization in ways hidden in plain sight, shaping a legacy that endures through ...

Secret files: a musical melodrama”, a play by Indika Ferdinando, was staged at Elphinstone Theater on October 4th) With a ...

Analysis of a massive wooden monument has uncovered new secrets of Cahokia, America’s greatest lost civilization.

Keros: A sacred island with enigmatic rituals, an unusual funeral, a carnelian bead from the Indus Valley, weapons production, and a sudden abandonment that preserved it all ...

Ancient bones, artifacts and texts offer numerous insights into the past, as does the chewing gum that Neolithic people chewed on and spat out long ago. Analysis of lumps of birch bark tar from ...

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 Tajikistan have uncovered a remarkable 1,500-year-old water pipeline system perched atop a 65-meter hill at the Mugtepa settlement near Istaravshan. This extraordinary discovery ...

SHAKOPEE, Minn. — It's time to get into the spirit of autumn at one of the oldest festivals in the region. Sever's Fall Festival in Shakopee began in 1997 and has one of the area's favorite corn mazes ...

Animal bone remains unearthed at the ancient site of Bolshaya Kyrk-Kyz Kala in Karakalpakstan, an autonomous republic in Uzbekistan. [Photo provided to China Daily] Joint excavations in Uzbekistan's ...