Ancient sediment pulled from nearly a mile below the Greenland ice sheet — and later stored for roughly two decades at the ...

According to a Hürriyet Daily News report, six inscriptions written in Aramaic have been discovered at Zernaki Tepe, the site of a 3,000-year-old walled city in eastern Turkey's Van Province. Murat ...

Sparta was an ancient Greek city-state located in the region of Laconia, in the Peloponnese. It was known for its military ...

Those of us lucky enough to have witnessed David Gilmour ’s Luck And Strange Tour in 2024 saw a show that was sumptuous in ...

Deep beneath the ocean, a vast network of mysterious stone formations was captured on sonar—perfectly aligned, seemingly ...

The National Institute of Anthropology and History in Mexico organizes monthly tours to share the country's rich cultural ...

Archaeologists working at the site of the ancient Turkish city Attouda have uncovered a ritual site dedicated to the Phrygian mother goddess, Matar. The site, complete with a cave and a “twin rock ...

3,600 years ago, a massive cosmic airburst struck the ancient city of Tall el-Hammam, incinerating everything in seconds. Some believe this cataclysm inspired the story of Sodom and Gomorrah.

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For the better part of two centuries, archaeologists have been uncovering the secrets of ancient Troy. On the northwestern coast of modern-day Turkey, the city at the heart of Homer’s Iliad and the ...

Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered a 3,300-year-old whistle made from a cow's toe bone, believed to have been used by police to guard royal tomb workers. The artifact was found in the ruins of ...

The sun hangs heavy over central Iraq in late afternoon, painting the ruins of Babylon in heat and light. Dust rises from the ground in soft clouds, carrying a faint scent that seems older than time ...