Some ancient societies in Asia appear to have smoke-dried their dead, effectively mummifying them thousands of years earlier ...

Some ancient societies in China and Southeast Asia appear to have smoke-dried their dead, effectively mummifying them ...

WRESTLING, mankind’s oldest and most basic form of recreational combat, traces its origins back to the dawn of civilization.

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

While Indigenous communities like the Kumeyaay lived in the area for millennia, San Diego became the first Spanish settlement ...

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The motif first appeared in Dunhuang in the sixth century and later spread along the ancient Silk Road to Central Asia, West ...

Our understanding of ancient civilizations is constantly challenged by newly discovered ruins that defy mainstream historical ...

Engravings at 14,100 feet have been confirmed as the oldest Qin Dynasty find in China, linked to the emperor’s quest for the elixir of life.

The Seleucid Empire was one of the successor states that emerged after the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC.