A mosaic with twelve-sided geometric panels has surfaced at the ancient state agora of Smyrna, now buried beneath central Izmir, raising the possibility that public life at the site continued well ...

A new 'Almost History' podcast from "All About History" discusses an alternative reality ...

An international team of cave explorers has shown that cave walls and the prehistoric rock art that adorns them can preserve human DNA for thousands of years.

This Silicon Valley-backed venture is unraveling the mangled remains of scrolls ruined by the 79 C.E. eruption of Vesuvius that destroyed Herculaneum and Pompeii ...

Kissing is neither universal nor timeless. Its history offers surprising insights into intimacy, culture, and human ...

Researchers have recovered texts previously lost to history, revealing philosophical takes on ethics, the arts, human ...

After nearly seven decades of excavation, the legendary ancient city of Sardis has become a UNESCO World Heritage Site, ...

Culture is one of the largest motivators behind travel. Not only is it in grand structures and ancient ruins, but it is in ...

From the Roman ruins of Pula to the waterfront promenades of Split, these two hotels put Croatia’s beaches and history within ...

In the second century C.E., Roman emperors such as Marcus Aurelius and Antoninus Pius frequented the area where the residence ...

The Taliban's 2001 bombing of the Bamiyan Buddhas was condemned worldwide, but the US and Israel's destruction of Tyre's ...

A routine excavation at Nijmegen’s Waalfront district has revealed a 4,900-square-meter Roman thermae complex.