There are parts of the excavation site that date back to the Sasanian Empire of the 3 rd through 7 th centuries, but a ...

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

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

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

To test if God is acting in history, we would have to look at the ancient nation of Israel and a Covenant, a legal agreement made between them and God. At the end of Moses’ life, in the book of ...

Spread on the banks of the Syr Darya River, bordering the Kyzylkum desert in the southeast and Aryskum sands in the north, ...

A link exists between 6,000-year-old engravings on cylindrical seals used on clay tablets and cuneiform, the world’s oldest ...

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

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

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

Eswatini in southern Africa is home to the world’s oldest ochre mine. A new study dates that mine to a full 48,000 years ago. Ochre is a clay-based pigment that was incredibly popular at that time, ...