At the Western Wall, one of Judaism's holiest sites, Mike Huckabee said he'd brought a note with a prayer for peace ...

While Athens and Sparta dominate the history book, there are lesser-known ancient Greek city-states that contributed to Greek ...

Palmyra was considered one of the world's most intact ancient Roman sites. ISIS blew up many key monuments of this storied ...

Alexander the Great famously founded the city of Alexandria in 331 BCE. It went on to be the capital of the Ptolemaic Kingdom ...

We must confront the reality that our nation still sanctions the taking of human life through capital punishment.

Using advanced drone-deployed LiDAR and ground penetrating radar technologies, researchers from Macedonia’s Institute and ...

Nick Angeloff, an archaeologist at Cal Poly Humboldt, has called the developments at Gradishte a once-in-a-lifetime discovery ...

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

the founding capital of the Assyrian empire. Emerging from communities on the banks of the Tigris, in present-day Iraq, the Assyrians had conquered Babylon and Egypt and ruled in the Mesopotamian ...

The government of Jammu and Kashmir has outlined initiatives to promote the Parihaspora Archaeological Site in Baramulla as a prominent heritage tourism destination. Restoration works, including ...

As far back as the Ancient Laws of China ... The first death sentence historically recorded occurred in 16th Century BC Egypt where the wrongdoer, a member of nobility, was accused of magic ...

A press release described the findings as “groundbreaking,” and if proven true, could rewrite the history of ancient Egypt. However, independent experts have raised serious concerns about the study. A ...