The oldest reference in the first known writing — cuneiform — was not about gods or kings, but about beer. Lots of it. It was ...

Much like similar derogatory titles “siren” and “fury”, the term “harpy” is derived from a group of monstrous female figures ...

The Graffito of Esmet-Akhom in the temple of Philae is the last known use of hieroglyphs in ancient Egypt, but why did they stop being used?

The teenagers’ skeletons were unearthed at the cemetery of Basur Höyük where researchers previously uncovered evidence of “grand funerary rituals” and the burial of “spectacular” quantities of ...

Here are eight proofs that the Bible is one story.

As people across the globe celebrate World Poetry Day on March 21, we delve into the world of poetry in ancient Greece, from ...

A fierce rivalry between four scholars ignited a race to crack the world’s oldest writing, unlocking the secrets of Mesopotamia after millennia of silence.

Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which ... Evidence from ancient Mesopotamia reveals that bureaucratic ...

Also featuring The Library of Ancient Wisdom by Selena Wisnom and Holy Places: How Pilgrimage Changed the World by Kathryn Hurlock. By Pippa Bailey, Michael Prodger, Finn McRedmond and Megan Gibson ...

These ancient people did not call themselves Yamnaya. The name was coined by archaeologists from the Russian word yama, meaning “pit," because they buried important people in pits beneath mounds ...

For centuries, historians and linguists have been searching for the cradle of the Indo-Europeans, an ancient people who shaped history and created the world’s largest language family ...