The ancient Greek ideal of World Unity is manifested in the conquests of Alexander the Great aiming to unite the world ...

A new study reveals how ships guided ancient civilizations through crisis, helping regions trade, defend, and endure the ...

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

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Welcome to the first chapter of our Acropolis tour! We begin in 490 BCE, when Athens was a large, radical democracy facing the colossal Persian Empire. Witness the legendary battles of Marathon and ...

A series of century-scale droughts may have quietly reshaped one of the world’s earliest urban civilizations. New climate ...

The culprit behind the mysterious disappearance of one of the most advanced urban civilizations at the time, contemporaries ...

New data from radiocarbon dating is offering deeper insights into ancient Egypt and its relationship with the volcanic ...