Footprints found in New Mexico were dated to roughly 23,000 years old - about 10,000 years before humans were thought to be ...

Scientists have identified a new pod of ancient people who lived near the land bridge between North America and South America ...

For hundreds of years, Andean people recorded information by tying knots into long cords. Will we ever be able to read them?

Spartacus, a Thracian gladiator who had once served in the Roman army, escaped from slavery in 73 BCE. What began as a prison ...

The Milesian School was based in Miletus and produced three great thinkers who were the pioneers of philosophy in ancient Greece.

“We know the names of many female artists and writers, but possess the works of few.” (p. 3) ...

Wilhelm Schickard Early Life Wilhelm Schickard (see the calculating machine of Schickard) was born in the morning at half ...

The chestnut trees of Europe tell a hidden story charting the fortunes of ancient Rome and the legacy it left in the ...

China is moving to strengthen its alliances with other countries as a counterweight to President Donald Trump’s trade war, presenting a united front with Latin American leaders at an event on Tuesday ...

Newly discovered fragments of 2,200-year-old star coordinates—once thought lost—reveal the incredible skill of the ancient astronomer ... used by scientists to map objects in the sky.

The conclave process to elect the next pope is shrouded in secrecy. Here’s a visual guide to the ancient tradition.

To Ringbauer’s surprise, people from Mediterranean outposts of Phoenician culture—also known as Punic people—shared no ancestry with ancient Middle Easterners, even those from sites linked to ...