In the hills of southeastern Turkey lies a site so ancient, it's turning our understanding of civilization on its head and ...

Even with all the advances we have made with technology, we still don’t know everything that happened in history. Isn’t it fascinating that almost every day, historians are making discoveries about ...

Ancient stone tools are often uncovered in Europe, but it can be difficult to identify who crafted them, as Neanderthals and Homo sapiens coexisted in the region for several thousand years. The makers ...

Unravelling the Mystery of Knossos and the Minotaur' The legend of the Minotaur and its labyrinth has captivated us for ...

What happened to the enigmatic Therapeutae, and what was their place in ancient history? The Therapeutae were primarily located near Lake Mareotis, close to Alexandria in Egypt. This city was a ...

The royal harem conspiracy was a real-life Game of Thrones—pitting two sons of Egyptian Pharaoh Ramesses III against one another in a bid for power. Ramesses III was ancient Egypt's last great pharaoh ...

Artificial intelligence is helping to solve an ancient mystery from the Roman Empire. It involves scrolls from a library that was buried when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD. CBS News' Chris Livesay ...

Scientists have confirmed that Yersinia pestis, the bacterium behind later plagues like the Black Death, caused the Justinian ...

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For centuries, astronomers have puzzled over the origins of one of the universe's oldest and densest stellar systems, known ...