While the civilization's rulers, language, writing, climate, religion and borders have changed many times over the millennia, ...

A team of researchers from the British Museum, led by Diego Tamburini, recently examined the tablet fragments using advanced ...

Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered the royal tomb of an unknown king who ruled the region during a tumultuous time 3,600 ...

The breed of this sculpted dog is also unclear. Ancient Egyptians tended to prefer energetic dog breeds, and the ones often represented in their art include the ancestors of the hunting dog basenji, ...

Findings uncovered in the gold mines of Ghozza are shedding a dark light on one of the most powerful ancient civilizations.

From demon to danger noodle, human ideas about snakes can be as contradictory as the creatures themselves. In Slither, Stephen S. Hall challenges our serpent stereotypes.

Cleopatra, and Marc Antony spent time in their decadent love affair on the Greek island of Samos in the summer of 32 B.C.

Claims that researchers discovered previously unknown structures beneath the Pyramid of Khafre — the pyramid situated in the ...

Instead of referring to sounds in an essentially arbitrary way, pictures refer to the world. As such, they require no ...

On the surface, Haines’ story reads like a familiarly devastating tale. One of the most bankable stars in early Hollywood, he ...