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… ...

The target was Viru Valley, a place with a climate not unlike Southern California. It was Ford who had the idea that they could use air photos to map the valley efficiently. Viru Valley has its ...

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 ...

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!

Alan Izarraras-Gomez is in the International Laboratory for Human Genome Research, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Querétaro, 76230, Mexico. Diego Ortega-Del Vecchyo is in the ...

The study included samples from the 15th-century Incan site of Machu Picchu. (Photo by) Lars Fehren-Schmitz, associate professor of anthropology, is a co-senior author on the paper, which he said is ...

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.

T he thirty-four-year history of A Forest Journey: The Role of Trees in the Fate of Civilization, has been an epic tale of repeated consignments to oblivion, followed by dramatic rescues. First ...

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 ...