In 1947, a chance discovery by Bedouin shepherds uncovered a library frozen in time — the Dead Sea Scrolls, the oldest ...

Everyone knows about Yellowstone and the Grand Canyon, but did you know the U.S. is home to over 130 national monuments just ...

Discover the oldest man-made structures across the world that are still open for business today.

The ancient Greek city of Pergamon was a major center of culture and learning of the Hellenistic world, standing out for its ...

According to National Geographic, the map depicts distances between gates in the wall surrounding the Mesopotamian city of Nippur, but for decades experts questioned its accuracy. The locations of ...

Find out which Indian university has the oldest archaeological collection, why students should be aware of this historic ...

For millions of years, the land we now call the United States has been home to towering prehistoric beasts, strange sea creatures, and lush ancient forests that no longer exist. Evidence of this ...

Found near the ancient city of Armageddon alongside a winepress and a temple figurine, this 3,300-year-old teapot was likely used in votive rituals.

Researchers in Japan discovered a pottery vessel over 10,000 years old in Lake Biwako, the oldest artifact found at the ...

Perched on the rugged slopes above the ancient Greek mining town of Thorikos, there is a remarkable theater that is one of the earliest architectural expressions of communal life in classical Greece.

With its recorded history going back to well beyond 2000 years, India is home to several incredible structures that have ...

The artwork on a 4300-year-old silver goblet unearthed in the Palestinian West Bank appears to show the universe forming out of primordial chaos – making it the oldest known visual representation of a ...