Explore 25 advanced ancient technologies that modern science still cannot fully explain. From pyramids to precision stonework ...

Archaeologists have discovered a rare circular structure dedicated to a local Egyptian deity called Pelusius, according to ...

The specific tablet that has caused such excitement is a school text listing kings who ruled at the end of the third millennium BC. Other known copies of this same royal list also include Gilgamesh, ...

Ancient cuneiform tablets at Denmark's National Museum may prove that Sumerian hero Gilgamesh was a real historical ruler.

Depictions of dogs in Maya art and archaeological finds point to a variety of possible roles in the ancient culture.

The imposing pyramids of Teotihuacan, in Mexico, bear the traces of a major civilization over two thousand years old. One ...

Guggenheim Fellowships have been awarded this year to four scholars from the University of Chicago. Announced April 14, the ...

In May 2006, Tim Stinson travelled to England to tour the libraries of London, Oxford and Cambridge. At the time, he was ...