Umma and Lagash in Ancient Mesopotamia, fought over access to irrigation water and one city cut off the irrigation canal to another city. But stories like this go back even farther in myths and ...

Experts just found a 3D map that was carved into quartz sandstone likely 13,000 years ago. Located within the famed Segognole ...

On Wednesday, Elton John announced he's releasing a new album with Brandi Carlile called “Who Believes in Angels?” set to be released on April 4. An emotional behind-the-scenes video shares a look at ...

Rome authorities this month opened a new archaeological park and museum in the shadow of the Colosseum that features an original marble map of Ancient Rome that visitors can literally walk over.

But only in this century have scholars come to know the Sumerians with any thoroughness, chipping away at the sites of such ancient city ... perhaps the finest Sumerian find in 25 years—more ...

A research team is investigating the influence of the Zagros Mountains on the bending of Earth's surface. A team of ...

While genetic tests can reveal the ancestry of enslaved individuals, strontium analysis can now home in on where they actually grew up.

This is believed to be the first ... Discovery of 'Punk' and 'Emo' Fossils Challenges Our Understanding of Ancient Molluscs Jan. 8, 2025 — Researchers have unearthed two fossils, named Punk and ...

Child: The ancient Egyptian civilisation began 5,000 years ago and lasted 3,000 years! It was located along the River Nile in north-east Africa. I better write this down! Oh! I’ve lost my pen.

Ancient Egyptian person: Well it’s not! We need to know exactly when the river will flood, so that we plant our crops at the right time. That way, we can take advantage of all the nutrients left ...

Apollonius is far from the only ancient scholar whose work was saved by the medieval Islamic tradition: “we generally recognize that we have Greek texts today because of the Arab ‘hold’ on these texts ...