The artifact, estimated to be over 3,000 years old, is unlike anything ever recorded in Egyptian history, raising more questions than answers about the true nature of ancient civilizations. 1. A ...

Culture creates cuisine. Poor people turn to foods that are filling and meals that are easy to stretch. The jaded wealthy demand scarce items and elaborate feasts. Soldiers and explorers need thing… ...

Documentaries about ancient civilizations are some of the most interesting, with several of them being engaging docuseries that keep viewers invested all the way through. Many documentaries like ...

Civilizations have recognized the power of cities to heat themselves up and cool themselves for centuries. City architects in ancient Rome called for narrowing streets to lessen late afternoon ...

HEROES OF HISTORY: A Brief History of Civilization from Ancient Times to the Dawn of the Modern Age Will Durant, . . Simon & Schuster, $27.50 (352pp) ISBN 978-0-7432-2612-7 ...

We interviewed Bryan Brewer, author of "Eclipse: Experience Awe in the Path of Totality", who explained how ancient peoples saw and reacted to eclipses, and more!

One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the 147ft-high funereal temple was built for Carian ruler Mausolus between 353 and 351 BCE, with Artemisia II, his sister and widow, leading the project.

An exhibition at the Getty reveals the Egyptian Book of the Dead, long relegated to a dark vault, in the light of day. A piece of the Papyrus of Pasherashakhet, dated roughly to 375 B.C. to 275 B ...