Alexander the Great’s legendary image, from his golden hair to his divine gaze, reveals how he masterfully turned his ...

Among the most popular books of the time, bestiaries were filled with real and mythical animals and their lore, the ...

A new study reveals that the deadliest weapon of the Bronze Age originated in the Near East around 1600 BCE before spreading ...

Archaeologists are heralding the discovery of an unusually intact ancient shipwreck, found more than a mile below the surface of the Black Sea off of the Bulgarian coast. The 2,400-year-old wooden ...

The holy city of Teotihuacan ('the place where the gods were created') is situated some 50 km north-east of Mexico City. Built between the 1st and 7th centuries A.D., it is characterized by the vast ...