NEW YORK – Two artifacts found at a lake shore in Greece are the oldest wooden tools to be uncovered so far and date back 430 ...

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 ...

The Battle of Thymbra was a pivotal moment in the history of the ancient world. It was fought between the Persian Empire and ...

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

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 ...

Centuries of excavations have unearthed a few theories about what really brought down one of the oldest cities in the ancient world. Alamy Chronicle's illustration of "Joshua at Jericho." Jericho's ...

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 ...