These findings challenge the long-held narrative about migration into and out of North Africa before and during the Neolithic ...

Greek myth states that the region near Asini was first populated by the Dryopes, an ancient tribe driven out by Hercules.

Women didn’t generally get invited to banquets except on rare occasions such as wedding feasts—and even then they were expected to sit upright. It was only in ancient Rome that customs changed, ...

the ancient commercial port of call outside Rome, he wasn’t sure what he might find. The dig site had not been explored in modern times, despite its central location next to a square that was ...

Situated beyond S. Giovanni, due east of the city centre, Pigneto is primarily a ...

Some of the world’s oldest roadways are only memories now—but many have been preserved as historic monuments or improved to handle today’s traffic.

As Mark Twain wrote, Damascus “measures time not by days and months and years, but by the empires she has seen rise and ...

Mar. 6, 2025 — Researchers have discovered the world's oldest known meteorite impact crater, which could significantly redefine our understanding of the origins of life and how our planet was ...

The pontiff was also the one who abolished the Lupercalia, an ancient spring festival of purification, health, and fertility, which took place in mid-February. Some theories have linked Saint ...

Work began Monday to transform Washington, D.C.'s Black Lives Matter Plaza. The "evolution" of the plaza was announced on Mayor Muriel Bowser's X account, adding that it is part of D.C.'s America ...