The first full ancient Egyptian genome reveals ancestry from both North Africa and Mesopotamia. The individual likely worked ...

Are there really ancient linguistic connections between Ancient Greek and Polynesian languages? What do these reveal about the ancient world?

A mosaic adorning the entrance to a fifth-century church in Turkey ’s ancient city of Olympus is both just the tip of the ...

Found in the ancient city of Caracol, the tomb contained a rare jade mask, ceramics, and jewelry often linked to the Maya ...

In some Texas cities, the dog days of summer and the historically hottest days of the year overlap, when you look at ...

Mars may not have always been the dry and dusty world we imagine. A staggering network of ancient riverbeds, spanning over 15 ...

Te K'ab Chaak was a wealthy warrior king who rose to power in 331 C.E. His burial is the first royal tomb found in the ...

Why was there no Middle Ages in Mexico? It turns out the answer is a really simple one, as our expert historian explains.

Roughly 252 million years ago, Earth experienced its deadliest known extinction. Known as the Permian–Triassic Mass ...

A rare Triassic fossil site reveals North America's oldest known pterosaur, Eotephradactylus mcintireae, in what was once a ...