No other ancient historian has written a book so insightful on the mechanisms of war as Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War.

Archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered the remains of a "major" 3,400-year-old town dating to the New Kingdom that was ...

Remains of what may be the ancient capital city of the Kingdom of Lyncestis have been found in North Macedonia.

A groundbreaking study led by Bar-Ilan University reveals that starch-rich plants played a central role in the diet of ancient hunter-gatherers. A new archaeological study along the Jordan River, just ...

Discovered in Taiwan, the jawbone is believed to have belonged to an enigmatic group of early human ancestors called ...

Find out where to go in Vietnam with kids, plus rear critical tips to ensure that you have an incredible family trip to Vietnam!

It’s still home to the A:shiwi (Zuni) people, a tribe descended from the ancient Ancestral Puebloans. I walk along a dried-up Zuni River, which snakes its way through the town and into the ...

Elon Musk has linked modern-day population decline to ancient Rome, warning that wealth-driven 'hedonism and envy' could ...

Here are a dozen fun facts that you may not have known about the little book at the heart of the Passover Seder.

The 3-year-old discovered a scarab amulet dating to the Middle Bronze era during an outing in southern Israel, the Israel ...

A 3-year-old girl found a 3,800-year-old Canaanite scarab amulet during a family trip to Tel Azeka, Israel. The 'beautiful' ...

Today is April Fools’ Day, the annual holiday that celebrates pranking, hoaxes, and all manner of horseplay and tomfoolery.