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.

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, ...

History fascinates the world and is crucial for understanding it as well, so we look at which is the most expensive house of ...

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

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

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

New research shows RNA is preserved for longer than scientists had realized. This is the oldest RNA ever profiled.

For a long time, archaeologists believed that large buildings required large bosses. The idea was simple: only societies with ...

Spices, ancient treasures of human civilization, have shaped history from currency to royalty and medicine. Traces of their ...

In the poem, Ibn al‑Wardi imagines the plague as a wandering trickster who drifts from one region to another, spreading death ...

Whether it's for preserving the world's precious seeds or safeguarding ancient manuscripts, doomsday vaults are fascinating ...