Long before there were maps or names for continents, a handful of people stood at the edge of the world. Picture them on a ...

In regards to the basin, it likely had a ceremonial use, based on finds of pottery and oil lamps discovered very nearby.

The term “bugonia” is an ancient one referring to the idea that bees could be spontaneously generated from the body of a dead animal, such as an ox. Knowing that informs the experience of taking ...

Digging into the dry soil of a field in southern Germany, archaeologists hit some rocks and painstakingly unearthed a massive stone structure. They’d expected to find something at this site — but what ...

Ancient Greeks encoded the secrets of their civilization in ways hidden in plain sight, shaping a legacy that endures through ...

Ancient ruins possess something modern architecture rarely achieves — a kind of weathered drama that photographs beautifully ...

The poor state of the ruins made the idea of keeping them difficult to imagine, as did the relative uncertainty of final costs. While each project is unique, a renovation of an historic building can ...

For almost 5,000 years Stonehenge has passed through different building stages, stood proudly through all weathers, and ...

Hear ye! Hear ye! A new history fact has been debunked! According to bubo-bursting research by the German Museum of Medicine ...

What can an ancient water basin discovered near Rome reveal about construction, engineering and water management techniques that may be useful today?

Southern Europe is a living museum, a region where history and artistry blend seamlessly into everyday life. Its cities are ...

Long before municipal water treatment plants and chlorination, ancient societies faced the same essential challenge we ...