For generations, the ancient Egyptian city of Akhetaten—built by the controversial Pharaoh Akhenaten—was shrouded in the ...

During the Battle of Himera (480 BC), ancient Greek forces defeated Carthage, ensuring their dominance in the Mediterranean.

Ancient Greek cartographers, from Anaximander to Ptolemy, turned myth and measurement into world maps, shaping latitude and ...

Ancient Persians believed the sky was blue because it reflected a massive sapphire beneath the Earth, giving the stone cosmic symbolism. Kings, priests, and rulers wore sapphires to signal wisdom, ...

A simple turn of the wrist at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in February 2023 has unveiled a centuries-old mystery about ancient Roman craftsmen. Washington State University art history professor ...

The modern desire overlaps with the ancient Egyptians’ longing for immortality. In the Giza Desert southwest of Cairo, Egypt.

“These Roman roads—both paved and unpaved—gave structure to massive cultural shifts that affected Western history for the ...

The images hammered into the sides of a goblet found in Palestine give us an idea of what people living more than 4000 years ...

In the hushed light of a museum gallery, Hallie Meredith discovered something intriguing about ancient Roman glasswork hiding ...

Researchers say these feats of Roman engineering still shape the geography and economy of the Mediterranean region and beyond ...

Hillah, Iraq (CNN) — The sun hangs heavy over central Iraq in late afternoon, painting the ruins of Babylon in heat and light. Dust rises from the ground in soft clouds, carrying a faint scent that ...