As America begins its 250th year, it is fitting to draw attention to the great people and ideas that made it possible. Neither the Declaration of Independence of 1776 nor the Constitution of 1787 ...

The move for American Independence was greatly influenced by ancient Greece, particularly philosophy from the time.

He concluded, he later wrote, that the troops were “ exceeding dirty & nasty people ” led by indifferent officers with an “ ...

Forty years after the first effort to extract mummy DNA, researchers have finally generated a full genome sequence from an ...

Pope Leo XIV, 69, is the person to whom lots of people look when they want to come in contact with God. John Prevost, 71, is ...

Humans were present in North America 10,000 years earlier than previously thought, according to a new study. Researchers from ...

Japanese researchers turned to “experimental archaeology” to study how ancient humans navigated powerful ocean currents and ...

Footprints found in the ancient lakebeds of White Sands may prove that humans lived in North America 23,000 years ago — much earlier than previously believed. A new study using radiocarbon-dated mud ...

Gospel music legend Marvin Sapp is set to perform at Independence Mall on Friday, June 27, at 7 p.m. as part of the Wawa ...

The Tiwanaku civilization was one of the first and most powerful in the Andes region, but by 1000 A.D., it had collapsed.

Ancient Eleutherna, located on the foot of Mount Ida on Crete, is revealing archaeological treasures from the dawn of Greek civilization.

Peru is a country with a rich, deep-rooted history that stretches back thousands of years. It is home to one of the oldest and most influential civilizations in the Americas,the Norte Chico ...