Child sacrifice was thought to be rare in their culture. This chilling discovery suggests foreign invaders played a role.

Europeans have consistently failed to notice the disappearance of an entire full-fledged modern language and culture ...

They fought the Egyptians, sacked Babylon, and built elaborate cities. Then the Hittites vanished. Today, new discoveries are ...

Wealth inequality began shaping human societies more than 10,000 years ago, long before the rise of ancient empires or the invention of writing. That's according to a new study that challenges ...

This 5,000-year-old tablet is believed to hold the world's first signature — and it's on a receipt for beer. Experts believe ...

New research has revealed that the cosmological model developed by Nicolaus Copernicus, the renowned European Renaissance ...