The Arab Muslim victory at the Battle of al-Qadisiyyah paved the way for the Islamic conquest of Mesopotamia and Persia.

Egyptologist Huub Pragt and Smithsonian Journeys traveler Kellie Mecham share first impressions from their visit to the ...

The ancient Greek thinker Anaximander lent his prodigious talents to pre-Socratic Greek philosophy, geography, geometry, and cosmology.

A new global soccer trophy with a unique design aims to be inclusive of the global game.

Coffins with inscriptions and jars containing human organs from ancient Egypt have been discovered in a 14-metre shaft. The ...

For the first time, researchers were able to see inside the mummies in the Chicago Field Museum's collections. Their findings ...

From maps and pickaxes, it is now possible to discover ancient relics from a distance, as in the case of a recent find.

COMMENTARY: The greatest hope of the people of Rmeish is to live in peace. Israel and Hezbollah have other priorities.

Uncover one of history’s greatest mysteries in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, a first-person, single-player adventure set between the events of Raiders of the Lost Ark and The Last Crusade.

A map of the night sky created by the ancient Greek astronomer Hipparchus was recently discovered at St. Catherine Monastery ...

Named Cassius, the iconic saltwater crocodile, died at Marineland Melanesia, a popular tourist destination on Green Island.

But Mount Vesuvius’ eruption wiped it and other nearby Roman settlements off the map. The ash spewed ... was located next to ...