A manuscript discovered in the Judean desert contains trial notes on an intricate tax-evasion scheme that involved forgery, ...

The Barabar Caves in India are some of the most precise and enigmatic structures in the ancient world. These man-made granite caves feature perfectly smooth, mirror-polished surfaces and precisely ...

Olympus in northern Greece, for instance, or the legendary cave on Crete’s Mt. Ida where the goddess Rhea concealed the infant Zeus from his father, Cronus, to prevent him from being eaten. There are ...

The 1.6-kilometre cave has over 1,000 carved figures, both animals and stylised feminine forms. Scientists have dated these to between 26,000 and 35,000 years ago, the time of the ancient ...

Deep inside a labyrinthine cave in southwestern France, ancient humans who lived around 30,000 years ago carved horses, mammoths and rhinoceros into the walls, a fabulous prehistoric menagerie that ...

The vibrant period of Ancient Greek civilization from 1200 BCE to 323 BCE gave us exceptional achievements that we continue to benefit from today. It was a long stretch of time that spanned from ...

Nyx is the ancient Greek goddess who represents night ... is the first principle being from which all creation emerges. Nyx occupies a cave or adyton, from which she issues oracles. Cronus, who is ...

A groundbreaking study using advanced radar technology has revealed a vast and intricate underground structure beneath the Pyramids of Giza. Scientists Corrado Malanga from the University of Pisa and ...

Police rushed to the Twin Caves in the Blue Springs Recreation Area in Florida after being called when three divers didn't return to the surface on time. Rescue divers pulled two of the thrill-seekers ...

[email protected]. The fossilized remains of a newly discovered ancient shark species found in the depths of Kentucky’s Mammoth Cave National Park reveal not the sharp, pointy ...

In ancient Greece and Rome, statues not only looked beautiful—they smelled good, too. That’s the conclusion of a new study published this month in the Oxford Journal of Archaeology.

Ancient city The ruins of Megiddo are now in a national park about 18 miles (30 kilometers) southeast of Haifa. Megiddo was a strategically important city at a crossroads on trade and military ...