Excavations on unpromising mounds in the Iraqi desert revealed Sumer’s earliest city. Surviving relics and a rebuilt temple have given experts more clues about the ancient metropolis of Eridu.

Once the largest country in Africa, Sudan was divided into two distinct regions: the predominantly Arab-Muslim north and the ...

Scientists often look to ancient technologies to inspire inventions of the future, like wind-powered ships and ...

Now through Sunday, March 8, 2026, the Bowdoin College Museum of Art (BCMA) presents the exhibition Flora et Fauna: Nature in Ancient Mediterranean Art and Culture. Featuring 85 objects from the ...

An ancient civilization on Mars was wiped out by a nuclear attack from another alien race. It might sound like the plot of a science fiction novel, but Harvard scientist Dr John Brandenburg ...

The structure itself stands nearly 90 feet tall. If man-made as many maintain, it would be a marvel in ancient engineering, rewriting everything we know about ancient construction techniques.

Could this be the work of an ancient civilization we've never heard of? The structure, believed by some to be more than 10,000 years old, would make it older than Stonehenge, older than the ...

A 90-foot “pyramid” submerged just off the coast of Japan is turning heads — and could shake up everything we thought we knew about ancient civilizations. Sitting 82 feet below sea level ...

Credit: Y. Al Rahbi / CC BY 4.0 Bronze Age cymbals found in Oman are shedding new light on how music may have brought ancient civilizations together. The copper-alloy instruments, discovered at an ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – An ancient Greco-Roman bronze statue that the New York District Attorney’s Office said was looted from a site in Turkey will be put on public display one final time at the ...

Tonatiuh says he aims to put his own spin on this ancient artwork. Tonatiuh joined The Show to discuss how he got into writing and illustrating books for children. DUNCAN TONATIUH: Well, to be honest, ...