Researchers have uncovered links between the precursor to the world’s oldest writing system and the mysterious, intricate ...

Temples dedicated to Poseidon often became significant centers of worship, drawing pilgrims from across the ancient Greek ...

In the half-dark of a third-floor office, Danielle Levy lifted a clay tablet out of its box. Carefully examining it with ...

Homer's Ancient Greek Poem Iliad has inspired a small village in Turkey to install busts of the Trojan war heroes on their ...

This week, uncover the secrets of Pompeii through ancient DNA, meet an adventurous emperor penguin, seek signs of mysterious Planet Nine, and more.

Why is the ancient Greek man Pheidippides, the greatest runner in world history after whose exploits the concept of the marathon was created, remembered for running the 26 miles (42.195 km) from ...

Nero, who ruled from A.D. 54 to 68, is often remembered as one of history’s most notorious emperors, his reputation steeped ...

I FEEL about six years old, hands and knees covered in thick mud, as I emerge from a tunnel only big enough to crawl through, first used by Christian settlers more than 1,200 years ago to escape ...

William Dalrymple has spent decades writing about history, but he’s discovered that an even bigger audience wants to hear him ...

Scientists have unearthed a fossil of the world’s oldest tadpole in Argentina — a shock finding that could alter our ...

Researchers traced the genetic history of aurochs, revealing ancient migrations, distinct populations, and the impact of ...

Geneticists have deciphered the prehistory of aurochs -- the animals that were the focus of some of the most iconic early human art -- by analyzing 38 genomes harvested from bones dating across 50 ...