While Alexander the Great evokes widespread popular perception, he was a talented military strategist who defeated Persian ...

On June 22, 2026, Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History announced the discovery of Minanbé — an intact, ...

In 1969, archaeologists excavating the Issyk kurgan in southeastern Kazakhstan made a discovery that would become a national ...

In a landmark achievement for archaeology and the study of ancient philosophy, researchers have digitally “unrolled” and are ...

The Medici family evokes wealth and power for those who are familiar with the lasting imprint this famous family left on their native city - Florence, Italy. They transformed Florence from a ...

For almost 200 years, the Singapore Stone has been one of the Southeast Asian's unsolved inscription mysteries. It was once a massive sandstone monolith at the mouth of the Singapore River, with an ...

Everyone knows that the boomerang eventually returns after being thrown. Though this ancient weapon itself cannot return to the past, it can bring a remarkable history to modern times. Ironically, ...

The boy, who would become known as Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi, was called "The Greatest Master" (al-Shaykh al-Akbar) throughout the Islamic world. Ibn Arabi wrote over 800 books, travelled extensively, and ...

For centuries, pilgrims, priests, and pharaohs brought gifts to Karnak, the vast temple complex that stood at the religious heart of ancient Egypt. Sacred vessels and statues had accumulated within ...

Switzerland is making a significant move in the process of correcting the wrongs of colonial history with the return of eighteen of the looted Benin Bronzes. The ceremony for the transfer of the ...

For most of modern history, this architectural quirk was ignored. But over the last decade, it has become the visual anchor for one of the most sprawling, rapidly growing, and visually compelling ...

Why so many Roman coin hoards end up being buried and never found has baffled archaeologists for decades. A major new study has shown that the non-recovery of these hoarded treasures was caused by ...