Once vassals to pharaohs, the Kushite kings of Nubia took control of Egypt for almost a century. Embracing Egyptian rituals, ...

Many varieties of ancient Greek healing herbs grow on "Asclepius Path," Mount Kerketion, where god of medicine, Asclepius, collected them.

About 19,000 years ago, a woman from a group of hunter-gatherers died and was buried in a cave in northern Spain. In 1996, ...

The games in questions could be either Ludus Latrunculi or Doudecim Scripta, both of which were known board games played with bone pieces by Roman soldiers in the fifth century. Celikbas said both are ...

But the citrus genus has a surprising history, popping up everywhere from ancient Rome and the Renaissance to naval exploration and Casanova's famed romantic trysts. The history of citrus dates ...

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The Sterkfontein excavation site, which exposes the ancient deposits that once formed underground and contain Australopithecus fossils. The fossil-bearing red sediments clearly contrast with the grey ...

We have encountered a fascinating social media map that illustrates the Greek world through archaeological discoveries. This map, created by a user on Google Maps, spans the Iberian Peninsula to India ...

This ancient map offers a fascinating glimpse into the lives and minds of Paleolithic humans. It shows not only their deep understanding of their environment but also their ability to think ...

The map below shows the location of Herat and Mashhad. The blue line represents the straight line joining these two place. The distance shown is the straight line or the air travel distance between ...

Was Stonehenge an ancient calendar? A new study says no. The Carnac stones, located in Brittany in northwestern France, date back around 6,000 years. They consist of about 3,000 stones ...