INTRODUCTION When one delves into the great civilizations that Black people built and their concomitant contributions to the world, the achievements are immense, and they transcend the indescribable ...

Turkey’s history is rich, complex, and spans thousands of years, bridging continents and cultures. In this concise 10-minute video, we take you on a whirlwind journey through the major events and ...

It is this dizzying mix, the overlapping of histories and cultures, empires and atrocities, that makes the place so rich. If ...

Egypt’s 18th dynasty rose to the start of the New Kingdom (c. 1550–1077 BCE) and was the zenith of Egyptian international ...

Scientists have identified a new pod of ancient people who lived near the land bridge between North America and South America ...

For hundreds of years, Andean people recorded information by tying knots into long cords. Will we ever be able to read them?

A study of the Roman conquest of Anatolia reveals how imperial expansion fueled economic growth but ultimately triggered ...

An ancient DNA study co-authored by Brown archaeologist Peter van Dommelen illustrates the complexity of human migration and ...

On that cold, quiet morning of May 29, 1453, the jewel of the Eastern Roman Empire, girded by titanic Theodosian walls and the Bosphorus Strait, a bastion of Christianity in the East for more than a t ...

The Atlantic has a fascinating deep dive into khipus — long cords that the Inca tied knots into to preserve information. Few ...

His unexplored tomb at Nemrut Dağ may show us more about death and worship in ancient Turkey ... broke away from the then crumbling Seleucid Empire. A new dynasty of Hellenistic sovereigns ...