There have been several important empires, cultures, and civilizations that have risen, flourished, and eventually crumbled ...

Most modern structures are built to last 50 years or so, but ingenious ancient engineering has kept this watery city afloat for more than 1,600 years – using only wood. As any local knows ...

Archaeologists uncover an ancient burial site with Egyptian, Greek, and Roman graves at Tell Ruwad Iskandar, Egypt. Credit: Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities Archaeologists have uncovered an ancient ...

The temple of Hephaestus, as seen from the Ancient Agora, Athens, Greece. Credit: public domain from Wikimedia Commons. Greek civilization has existed for over 3,000 to 4,000 years and continues to ...

The tomb was found within an ancient Egyptian necropolis in Abydos. The burial is located about 23 feet (7 meters) underground and contains a limestone burial chamber covered with mudbrick vaults ...

Merv Wiseman spent many years advocating for marine safety in this province, and now there's an effort underway to help him get through a personal health crisis. As he tells the CBC's Carolyn Stokes, ...

Although experts have analyzed the carving, it's possible that its origins could rest in the ancient Bronze Age or even Turkish cultures dated to the medieval period. The land known today as ...

A GoFundMe campaign has been launched in support of a well-known advocate for marine safety. Merv Wiseman is a retired Canadian Coast Guard employee and well-known proponent for search and rescue ...

The first genomic study of ancient people from the eastern Maghreb region — present-day Tunisia and northeastern Algeria — shows that Stone Age populations who lived there more than 8,000 ...

Most prehistoric Europeans had dark skin, hair and eyes well into the Iron Age, about 3,000 years ago, new research finds. Scientists found that the genes that cause lighter skin, hair and eyes ...