A stunning fossil discovery in Ethiopia shows that early Homo and a previously unknown Australopithecus species lived together around 2.6 to 2.8 million years ago. The find overturns the classic ...

Harar, one of the most ancient and spiritually celebrated cities in the Horn of Africa, lies approximately 517 kilometers east of Addis Ababa and about 280 ...

Chinese archaeologists have uncovered a meteoritic iron artifact in the No. 7 sacrificial pit at the legendary Sanxingdui Ruins site, shedding new light on the early use of iron in southwest China and ...

After the collapse of the Chalcolithic culture around 3500 BCE, people in Jordan’s Murayghat transformed their way of life, shifting from domestic settlements to ritual landscapes filled with dolmens, ...

The most beautiful ancient Greek myth is the creation of the Aegean islands, and  particularly of Delos and the Cyclades.

Is it possible that another civilization existed before us? That's the question posited by the Silurian Hypothesis.

Tartaria was a real place that appeared on old maps, but there is no evidence to support the conspiracy theories surrounding ...

Animals maintain complex cultures, communication systems, infrastructure, and intergenerational knowledge, writes Ryan Huling ...

Explore the 25 Most POWERFUL Empires in History, from Rome to the British Empire. Discover how military, economic, and ...

Long before Athens or Troy, the Cycladic islands forged one of the ancient world's most remarkable civilizations, built on ...

The United Nations was built on a fundamental conviction: dialogue is the path to peace. On this First International Day for Dialogue Among Civilizations, we celebrate that conviction – and the rich ...

Ancient Greece, the cradle of Western civilization, was responsible for creating five of the seven wonders of the ancient world.