In 1872, British Museum curator George Smith made a discovery that would shake Victorian England's understanding of biblical history. Working late into the London evening, surrounded by fragments of ...

A rare visit to a Khmer temple on Thailand and Cambodia’s border showed how deadly clashes between the two countries have scarred a heritage site.

Fungi have quietly shaped the trajectory of human civilization, from the diets of Paleolithic foragers to the beer in modern glasses and the experimental psychiatric drugs now in clinical trials. The ...

New research suggests that explanations based only on climate may not fully account for the major decline of the lowland ...

Technicians excavate the Nestorian church at the Tangchaodun site in Qitai county, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, in 2022. [Photo provided to China Daily] At a crossroads of the ancient world, ...

Scientists have uncovered new clues about some of Earth’s earliest fish, shedding light on the ancient origins of vertebrates ...

Macedonia faced a sudden cultural and military shock when Celtic warriors shattered the Hellenistic illusion of invincibility ...

Iran’s ancient cultural sites face growing threats from war, environmental damage, and limited preservation resources, putting irreplaceable parts of humanity’s shared historical heritage at risk.

Pasta originated in Ancient Greece as thin slices of dough around 1000 BC, shaping the world’s favorite comfort food.

The Indus script has been called, with irony, the most deciphered script in the world. The first claim to a decipherment, based on the Sumerian language, was published as early as 1925. More than a ...

How old is Indian civilization, and can it even be described as a single civilization at all? This episode traces the deep history of South Asia - from the Indus Valley Civilization and ancient ...

Trump and Tiberius Gracchus: Prelude to Internal Reckonings BRANKO RADUN The Roman Empire endured for centuries ...