An analysis of incense burners discovered in the doomed city identified traces of resin imported from sub-Saharan Africa or ...

There is something quietly humbling about standing before an ancient artifact and realizing, with all of our satellites, ...

The Great Pyramid has seen the rise and fall of powerful dynasties for 4,600 years. It was built as a tomb for the Fourth ...

A scrawny hippie and a nerdy engineer who became prank-playing friends vowed to change the world when they founded a Silicon ...

Ancient Greeks often inscribed messages on the objects they shot at their adversaries—in this case, doing so with a warning.

Blocking the Persian Gulf is the oldest trick in the book. Its power hasn’t waned at all. Iran knows this – why didn’t Trump?

A slab of limestone excavated in 1984 from the ancient Coriovallum settlement in the Netherlands presented a puzzle for researchers of Roman history. Because of its distinct grooves and marks, the ...

An immersive show at Melbourne Museum uses the latest technology alongside 2000-year-old antiquities to take visitors back in time.

Archaeologists working in Egypt's Nile Delta may have discovered a tomb or temple dating back around 2,600 years while ...

Often, when we think about antiquity and ancient military technologies, we fall into the usual view of ancient warfare. You ...

Egypt's last queen is the subject of a major new immersive experience opening in London, bringing her world to life through a ...