The oldest cities in the world hold unusual and interesting stories of human civilization, culture, and survival, passed down ...

Prince Khaemwaset, born in the 12th century BCE, was an archaeologist of his own already ancient civilization. You could call ...

The concept of a country or nation-state is relatively modern, but many regions have ancient roots, with some of the oldest civilizations making significant contributions to human history. Here are ...

Carvings on a 12,000-year-old monument in Turkey appear to mark solar days and years, making it possibly the oldest solar calendar in ancient civilization. Marking a massive comet strike as the start, ...

Scientists and archaeologists still harbor serious doubts about who the people were that mixed with the Thracians around 5,000 years ago, from which Thracian civilization itself would emerge. But it ...

Cakes have come a long way in human history. Especially when you consider that the classic dessert has evolved over thousands ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ancient Greece produced the earliest records of democracy, western philosophy — and, it turns out, lead pollution. Researchers studying sediment cores recovered from mainland Greece ...

Humans have been stargazing for thousands—possibly hundreds of thousands of years. Ancient people around the globe looked to the heavens for physical and spiritual guidance. Dozens and dozens of ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WASHINGTON (AP) — Ancient Greece produced ...