Across the globe, a race is under way to crack some of the last mysterious forms of writing that have never been translated.

Ancient civilizations left behind tunnels, artifacts, and entire cities that still defy explanation. Every excavation seems ...

In an inspiring cultural revival, the Sunyatee International Foundation in Malaysia is on a mission to reclaim ancient Indian ...

Long before whales and sharks, enormous marine reptiles dominated the oceans with unmatched power. Scientists have ...

The Ancient Greek winter revolved around Hestia’s hearth and the city’s sacred flame, signifying the importance of fire in ...

A digital architectural reconstruction has researchers believing a “lost Pompeii” existed with towers atop villas.

Discover fascinating ancient myths and legends – from lost cities to warrior women – that archaeologists and scientists have ...

Performed in the annual Dionysia festivals, tragic drama was a central tradition of Ancient Greece, a method of both ...

Architects also praise rammed earth’s high thermal mass—insulative properties that regulate a building’s indoor temperature.

Indigenous people have coexisted with Australia's vast and ancient groundwater systems for thousands of generations. Their ...

At the ancient fortress site at Usu Aska, archaeologists excavated a Parthian-era coin beside the jawbone of a buried man.

After the conquests of Alexander the Great in Egypt, the Ptolemaic dynasty established Alexandria, the jewel of the ...