After the latest dig season, archaeologists announced a wealth of treasure surfaced from the popular tourist destination, ...

This historic moment may not be the right one to be recognized, as the use of telegraphs goes back to ancient times, according to Popular ... as detailed by the second-century B.C.E. Greek historian ...

A new theory shows the Great Pyramid was built from the inside out, using counterweights and pulleys instead of massive ...

A study reveals that Sumer, the cradle of civilization, rose because of natural tidal irrigation that shaped the world’s ...

Since the earliest days, a value that has clearly distinguished Vacheron Constantin from other watchmakers is that its ...

California dreaming typically conjures images of palm-lined beaches or star-studded boulevards, but tucked away in the Sierra Nevada foothills lies a different kind of Golden State fantasy—one where ...

Across Egypt and beyond stone surfaces reveal machining marks so precise they raise questions about what tools ancient ...

Hygieia was a prominent figure in both ancient Greek and Roman mythology—she was the daughter of Asclepius, the god of medicine. Hygieia (from whose name we get the word ‘hygiene’) was known as the ...

Mesopotamians, the ancient inhabitants of the land between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, are credited for many firsts in human history, including writing, urbanism and the state. Among these ...

The carriage workshop, which also had evidence of fixing horseshoes, was situated along the well-traveled Via Claudia Augusta and offered services to travelers in the first century C.E.

The Corinthian helmet, circa 650-600 B.C., has a rounded top with small openings for the eyes and a distinctive nose-piece. Historian Herodotus mentions the helmet as a defining equipment of the ...

Standard & Poor’s recent decision to maintain Greece’s credit rating at stable was no surprise, but it was instructive. It ...