Egypt has one of the longest histories of any country and alongside Mesopotamia was a part of the Fertile Crescent which is ...

Packaged foods are a modern convenience, but the concept of preserving and packaging food for storage and transport has been around for centuries. Whether driven by exploration, trade, or necessity, ...

The oldest castles in the world that are still open for visitors unveil centuries of history within their walls and stones.

A temple bigger than a city block was hiding in plain sight for over 1,000 years.

Cave of El Castillo, Spain Some of the oldest known paintings in the world are in the Cave of the Castle, in Cantabria in the north of Spain. Thought to be more than 40,000 years old, many of the ...

Archaeologists on Thursday unveiled a 3,500-year-old city in Peru that likely served as a trading hub linking Pacific coast ...

While Confucius traveled with his disciples to various feudal states, Greek historian Herodotus traversed mountains and seas ...

Scientists have for the first time sequenced the most complete and oldest ancient Egyptian genome ever found—unlocking new ...

Before skyscrapers and smartphones, there were cities, bustling hubs of culture, trade, and so much more. Some of these ancient urban marvels offer us a glimpse of the ancient world.

Heraklion, the capital of the Greek island of Crete, is an ancient city that perhaps is under-appreciated for its many ...

The oldest known complete bow ever found is the Holmegård bow, which turned up in a peat bog in Denmark after World War II. It was made from a thin elm trunk and is on display at the National ...

More than 4,000 years ago, Egypt and Mesopotamia stood as two of the most complex societies on the planet. But the new DNA ...