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

In the modern world of the internet, you have plenty of tools to help you crack ancient scripts. Websites like Omniglot ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

Discover the fascinating history of cat domestication and genetic analysis results, revealing how ancient Egyptians played a ...

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

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 ...