I desired dragons with a profound desire,” fantasy writer J.R.R. Tolkien once said about his childhood imagination, ...

The film takes us on a journey through humanity’s evolving view of our home planet—from ancient beliefs that the Earth was flat and supported by gigantic elephants and turtles, to the scientific ...

Jezero Crater on Mars was once home to a lake, delta and rivers. See an animation of what it could have looked like when water poured into the crater billions of years ago and present day. Credit: ...

China war inevitable? Perhaps that isn’t the lesson leaders should be taking from the ‘History of the Peloponnesian War.’ ...

Assassin's Creed Shadows composers The Flight, Joe Henson and Alexis Smith, talk us through their approach to the game, ...

The world's first theme park dedicated to Alexander the Great is set to open in northern Greece, aiming to boost tourism in ...

Ancient Greece has traditionally been periodized into five eras: the Bronze Age, Iron Age, Archaic Age, Classical Age, and ...

“You ever try drinking blood?” Quinlan asks. They frolic around her hippie pad. “They used to wander the hills of ancient ...

Dates: 3100 B.C. to 30 B.C. Writing: Hieroglyphics, a writing system that uses pictures; hieratic, a quicker type of "cursive"; and demotic, a written short-form script Ancient Egypt's gods ...

Climbing the Acropolis, communing with the druids at Stonehenge, or marvelling at the sprawling remains of Pompeii — exploring the remnants of Europe’s distant past brings a special thrill to ...

Mr. Hawass accused the group of making outlandish claims “to undermine the grandeur of ancient Egyptian civilization.” Mr. Conway said he does not dismiss the findings entirely. Many other ...