British archaeologists recently helped uncover multistory buildings from the ancient Egyptian city Imet in the Nile Delta, ...

Joshua Hammer takes a hugely enjoyable look at three rivals who competed to decipher the world’s oldest writing ...

The story of the human race is a story of technology. One of our ancestors created fire and passed that knowledge along to ...

The genome of a man who lived in Egypt over 4500 years ago offers a new window on the ancient society and hints at ...

For ancient Greeks, every waterway was protected by nymphs. They were invariably ageless young girls who existed even before ...

The oldest known Egyptian DNA sample, from a man who lived between 4,500 to 4,800 years ago, offers new insights into the ...

Rhapsodes were the master storytellers of Ancient Greece who memorized and performed thousands of lines of Homer's works.

The largest collection of Roman coins found in Spain is now on exhibit. The museum display features 50,000 ancient coins from the third and fourth centuries A.D.

Researchers said their findings suggest husbands relocated to the wife's household upon marriage – suggesting a female ...

Scientists in recent years have made progress in finding ancient DNA in fossils, gaining insight into organisms that lived ...