Thousands of years ago, a group of hunter-gatherers roamed the steppes of southern Russia, fishing in its rivers and hunting ...

Still, the Hole rune stones are “a rare example of finding several fragments of a rune-stone” in “well-preserved, datable archaeological contexts” and provide “insight into early runic writing ...

Throughout human history, there have been countless wars and conflicts. In the Ancient World, war was sadly commonplace. While there were periods of peace in specific locations, studying this time ...

This tiny sunken city has been underwater for 3,000 years, with its remnants of ancient history now deep in the ocean.

In the early 1800s, a Swiss explorer tricked his way into Petra, the ancient oasis whose location had been a closely guarded secret for centuries. Known as Ed Deir—the Monastery—this building ...

The life expectancy of ancient Greeks has been a subject of controversy among historians. But what was their actual lifespan?

Gambling, one of the most common vices in the world, has a long history that dates all the way back to Ancient Greece.

While still a graduate student at Johns Hopkins University, UC Santa Cruz professor Elaine Sullivan unearthed ancient ...

The Pliocene epoch, which lasted from 5.3 million to 2.6 million years ago, was a consequential time in Earth's history. The Isthmus of Panama formed, connecting North and South America, and the ...