From the Greeks and the Romans to the Ottoman empire, the history of Sardis, Turkey, is one of persistent turnover. But its ...

Plague, leprosy, smallpox and other diseases didn't jump from animals to humans when we thought. Ancient DNA is revealing ...

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

New research shows that the rise of Sumer was deeply tied to the tidal and sedimentary dynamics of ancient Mesopotamia. Early ...

Often, while watching our favorite shows or movies or even playing an immersive video game, we get completely mesmerized by ...

The C-shaped Jade Dragon is one of the earliest forms found to date in jade artifacts. A representative object of Hongshan culture, it is widely admired for its simple elegance.GAO ERQIANG/CHINA DAILY ...

Visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Antonio Tajani meet the press in Rome, Italy, on Wednesday.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art's new exhibition on ancient Egypt features nearly 100 pieces from international institutions ...

An ancient Maya calendar predicted eclipses with astonishing precision, unlocking secrets that modern science is still ...

The same Europe that painted God and Adam white also painted Africa dark — the myth of the “Dark Continent” was the secular echo of the religious lie that holiness and whiteness were the same. These ...

Human history begins not with written words, but with images. Long before there were books or hard drives, ancient civilizations worked with a different kind of memory: murals. When examining ancient ...

Join Dr. Ioannis Syrigos from Ancient Origins as he interviews Eckart Frahm, Yale professor and leading expert on Assyria and Mesopotamian history. Together, they’ll uncover the mysteries of the ...