Long before Rome rose to power, a mysterious civilization dominated the island of Sardinia. Known as the Nuragic people, they built over 7,000 stone towers, engineered vast settlements, and traded ...

To boost our understanding of a little-known civilization that thrived more than 3,000 years ago, scientists have built an ...

The oldest evidence for human ancestors using fire, dating back to between 1 million and 1.5 million years ago, comes from a ...

Following the launch of a new ETF, firm leader explains why this base metal should be exciting investors Copper has been a commodity since the dawn of civilization. The base metal was the subject of ...

The British Museum is well placed to refer to the discovery of the Library of Ashurbanipal as “one of the most important” ...

Archaeological evidence from sites like Madjedbebe suggested an arrival date of approximately 65,000 years ago, while genetic analyses consistently pointed to a much more recent timeframe of 47,000 to ...

A series of lengthy droughts brought about the fall of the Indus Valley Civilization, a new study finds.

According to National Geographic, the map depicts distances between gates in the wall surrounding the Mesopotamian city of Nippur, but for decades experts questioned its accuracy. The locations of ...

When we think of exhibits of ancient civilizations, our minds inevitably turn to ancient Mesopotamians, Egyptians, Greeks or Romans. While these associations are understandable, they reflect a ...

The world’s oldest known medieval Judaica relic is now its most valuable, too The 12th-century Kiddush cup, which sheds light on the little-known Jewish community of eastern Khorasan, went for $4 ...

Humans reached, settled, and thrived on Mindoro and other Philippine islands far earlier than most scientific timelines for allow for the evolution of human civilization. These people did not wait for ...

A roughly 12,000-year-old clay figurine unearthed in northern Israel has unveiled a surprisingly ancient turning point in storytelling and artistic techniques. This tiny item, which fits in the palm ...