Deep within a cave on New Zealand’s North Island, scientists have uncovered a long-lost record of life from a million years ago.

Ancient Egyptian bow drills previously didn't appear in the archaeological record until the New Kingdom, circa the second millennium BCE. Nearly a century ago, archaeologists excavating a cemetery in ...

Archaeologists in Trabzon, Turkey, have made an extraordinary discovery, unearthing one of the world’s only three known ancient river ports. The structure, found buried nearly eight meters (26 feet) ...

When we think about cutting-edge technology, we usually picture Silicon Valley startups or futuristic labs. But here's the ...

The Egyptians believed that hieroglyphs offered magical protection to people in this life and the afterlife, and inscribed the signs on monuments, statues, funerary objects, and papyri.

The ancient Olympic games were crowded with male athletes, but were there opportunities for females to compete in sports?

The winged serpent in Ancient Greece reveals a profound, long-forgotten link between distant ancient civilizations.

David Heath is a List Writer from the UK specializing in video games, movies, TV shows, and the occasional anime. Streaming services offer a variety of ancient history documentaries to fulfill the ...

The three ages of the ancient world — Stone, Bronze, and Iron — encompass the formative years of human history in most regions. Learn how we went from dwelling in caves to building civilizations over ...

There has long been a fascination in Britain with the world of ancient Egypt. What is it about this mysterious civilisation that so catches the imagination? Five thousand years ago the chain of ...