Here, we explore six notable civilizations that have collapsed, shedding light on some of the causes behind their demise and some interesting parallels relative to today. Ancient civilizations that ...

Researchers have digitally reconstructed the faces of two men who lived approximately 2,500 years ago in Tamil Nadu, using ...

Shamahi charts humanity's evolutionary odyssey. We sat down with her to discuss the path of our species out of Africa to ...

Archaeological excavations at Aşıklı Höyük, a 10,000-year-old settlement located in the Cappadocia region of Central Anatolia ...

The Silurian hypothesis raises the possibility that an intelligent species existed on Earth long before humans.

Buried for 4,500 Years in a Sealed Clay Coffin, This Ancient Egyptian’s Secret Is Rewriting Everything We Thought We Knew ...

How old is your food? Before food was a choice, it was a necessity — the bare minimum only eaten and endured in order to ...

While tracing its exact origins may be difficult, wrestling is widely recognized as the oldest sport in the world, having ...

This silver bull figurine posing in a human-like manner may have been buried in a ritual to mark a temple boundary 5,000 ...

Around 8,000 years ago, many civilizations thrived on plains that are now submerged by the North and Baltic seas. Now, scientists from a variety of northern European research institutions are ...

Featuring a pottery bowl adorned with an indescribable motif, a set of pottery artifacts debuted at the Chinese ...