Archaeologists working in an ancient port city in Israel unearthed a rare, intricate Byzantine mosaic that dates back to the 2nd or 3rd century A.D. It's inscribed with a lengthy message written in ...

Ancient writing systems tell stories of forgotten civilizations and lost knowledge. Their decipherment often requires decades of scholarly work, combining linguistics, archaeology, and historical ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- The way ancient Greeks thought about the natural environment and their relationship to it is relevant to how we respond to environmental crises today. In her new book, "Other ...

Spartan men were known for their long, flowing hair, which became linked to the ancient Greek warriors in antiquity.

SANTA CRUZ — While a graduate student at Johns Hopkins University, UC Santa Cruz history professor Elaine Sullivan unearthed ancient artifacts in Syria marked with an alphabetic script whose meaning ...

Unknown ancient writing in Teotihuacan, Mexico, points to early Uto-Aztecan language and the identity of its inhabitants.

History has a habit of being rewritten. But thanks to advances in science and technology, we’re gaining an ever-clearer picture of what life may have been like during some of the most crucial periods ...

Recent excavations in the ancient Greek city of Pylos revealed a gold pendant featuring the likeness of Hathor, an Egyptian goddess who was a protector of the dead. Vanessa Muros/University of ...

This now-extinct tongue was probably spoken somewhere in Eurasia as many as 8,000 years ago. But how do we know ...