The US' history goes back thousands of years, thanks to a wealth of archaeological sites that give insight into the first ...

When one thinks of white, marble art and clear, cerulean waters of Tinos island, Greece comes to mind. The two are synonymous ...

More than a millennium ago, a Maya community collapsed in the face of a devastating drought. One writer joined an intrepid ...

In the heart of the arid Judean Desert, beneath the gaze of timeworn cliffs and desert heat, sits the city of Jericho, a ...

Fossilized footprints of a primitive reptile found on a slab of rock from Australia could rewrite the story of how animals ...

Despite initial impressions, ancient Greek temples were not built to impress 21st-century tourists; they were made to house ...

It can be argued that the history of art is grounded in fragments. The fate of these countless remnants did not inevitably lead to their reconstruction. Rather, they were often ...

Tikal developed from a small “watering hole” into one of the biggest and most powerful Maya cities of Mesoamerica.

Dating back 5,200 to 5,800 years, the Lingjiatan site in Hanshan county, Ma'anshan, Anhui province, a late Neolithic ...

The intricately carved Saxon pendant was likely worn by someone of high status like a church official, experts said.

In the ruins of the ancient Assyrian metropolis Nineveh, in modern Iraq, researchers have unearthed a rare artifact: a ...

Sifting through the tan dirt of northern Iraq, archaeologists looked at the remnants of an ancient empire’s capital city.