The four clay troughs were initially thought to have served as stands for gold-plated staffs. Now, a researcher has presented ...

Archeological work at Ramses II's mortuary, known as the Ramesseum, has uncovered a school, stone workshops, and storage ...

Visitors to the site of Pompeii, the ancient Roman town buried (and so preserved for thousands of years) by the eruption of ...

This week, discover the Sahara’s greener past, explore a mysterious cosmological force, marvel at a new concept for space ...

Nearly 2,000 years after a volcanic eruption caused hot ash to blanket the city, construction on railway lines revealed a ...

Among the key finds inside the tomb are a gold ring inscribed with Ramesses III’s name, bronze arrowheads, and an ivory box.

The discovery sheds some light on a "lost" dynasty of pharaohs who ruled during a little-understood time in ancient Egypt's ...

A roughly 4,800-year-old royal Mesopotamian cemetery in eastern Turkey appears to complicate existing theories about how some ...

A multitude of mysteries remain unsolved about the ancient Greek world, providing more questions than answers.

These true stories share amazing coincidences and events that could shed light on the truth of reincarnation. One of the most ...

Eunapius of Sardis, a Greek historian and rhetorician who lived between the 4th and 5th centuries AD, wrote a Life of the ...

A discovery in southern Iraq has given us a rare glimpse into the world of ancient bureaucracy ... including high priestess roles – something unusual for the time. “Women held important ...