Many of the world’s most fascinating archaeological sites are overshadowed by their more famous neighbors, leaving countless ...

The ancient world was shaped not only by empires and monuments but by the strange and symbolic rituals that people believed kept their worlds in balance. Across continents, civilisations practised ...

The origins of ancient Greek city names like Athens and Olympia reflect mythology, history, and the development of Greek ...

The team behind what has been described as "one of the most significant mosaics discovered in the UK" have revealed that it ...

Ancient sea cows played a vital role in maintaining healthy ecosystems more than 20 million years ago, a fossil site in Qatar ...

Layers of forgotten civilisations shape these ancient-world books that avoid Egypt, Greece and Rome, bringing vivid echoes of ...

The Amarna Letters contain records of ancient lords and rulers seeking to establish diplomatic ties with Egyptian pharaohs.

Today, the Arabian Gulf is home to manatee-like marine mammals called dugongs that shape the seafloor as they graze on ...

Exploring ancient ruins is like stepping into a time machine. Some of these ruins make you wonder how in the world they were ...

Ancient Roman ideas of privacy differed radically from our own, and their communal toilets reveal a mindset almost impossible ...

Archaeologists have discovered a trove of treasures inside an ancient Egyptian tomb that they said rewrites history by ...

Age-old amphitheaters in Antalya province, among Türkiye’s most significant cultural treasures, were used for a range of ...