The finding, along with the discovery of a 500,000-year-old hammer made of bone, indicates that our human ancestors were ...

Unlike the Egyptian pyramids, ziggurats were not places of royal burials, but temples dedicated to the patron deity of a city ...

Prologue In the early 1970s, I wrote my Ph.D. thesis on Adamantios Koraes at the University of Wisconsin. I read his ...

Unique ceramic figures along with a 2,500-year-old special type of water-basin have been discovered in the Ancient Greek city ...

Among the most stirring chapters of the 20th century is the story of the Armenian Legion, which fought with the Greek Army in ...

During excavations at the Hilla archaeological site in southern Bahrain, archaeologists uncovered a roughly 3,300-year-old ...

Archaeologists have unearthed a rare and splendid mosaic room in the ancient city of Smyrna in Izmir, Turkey, featuring “Solomon’s Knot,” a symbol that wards off evil and misfortune. A remarkable ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Archaeologists discovered a portion of Jerusalem’s “First Wall” tucked inside a historic complex near the Tower of David Jerusalem Museum. Historical ...

For centuries, this ancient city remained hidden from historians and archaeologists. But new research and excavation have revealed its location, structures, and importance. In this episode, we explore ...

SMYRNA, Ga. — The Smyrna City Council gave the go ahead in a unanimous vote to buy dozens of new Flock Safety cameras and license plate readers, plus drones. The decision was made at the city ...

Benin City, in southern Nigeria, has risen from a history marked by conquest and loss to become a bustling urban center of more than 2 million residents. Once the heart of the powerful Kingdom of ...

Nearly 2,000 years after a devastating volcanic eruption destroyed and entombed a thriving Roman city, researchers are turning to the novel technique of digital archaeology to reveal the “lost Pompeii ...