Ancient frescoes like the Greek monkeys suggest Europe and south Asia had trade links as long as 3,600 years ago.

Experts from the University of Zadar in Croatia, found a road at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea that was built 7,000 ...

Greek sources portrayed the Achaemenid kings, as indulgent and ruthless—all but Cyrus II. Why was this enemy ruler the only ...

An increasing number of women are finding inspiration and solace in iconography, Abigail Frymann Rouch discovers ...

Are our cats hiding a touch of ancient Egyptian magic and pharaonic flair? An unusual collaboration between a cat food ...

City names are a unique identity marker that mark people, geography, and language. Discover different cool city names that ...

The mysterious Antikythera Mechanism is 2,000 years old and has long puzzled scientists. New research into its ...

Roughly 3,500 years ago, a woman was buried in a royal cemetery in present-day Greece. Now, we can imagine what she might ...

Originally published in 2014, with an updated planner edition released last November, Greg McKeown ’s book Essentialism: The ...

Ivory doesn’t hold up as well against weathering as bone, making it a less suitable material for toolmaking, researchers said. It also breaks into smaller pieces, making it harder to use with any deal ...

Archaeologists have discovered new evidence backing up the biblical account of the Battle of Megiddo. The battle is recorded ...

The city break destination has been named as the 'best European city break that won't break the bank' by a travel money provider - and it's easy to see why ...