The discovery of complex fish trapping networks from 4,000 years ago hint at how the Maya rose up as a civilization in Central America and what is now southern Mexico.

By analyzing ancient DNA, scientists determined when, where and how our ancestors got sick from infectious diseases.

“The Babylonian map of the world is the oldest map of the world, in the world. Written and inscribed on clay in Mesopotamia around 2,900-years-ago, it is, like so many cuneiform tablets, incomplete.

To the music of conch shell trumpets, a 3,800-year-old citadel of the Caral civilization — one of the oldest in the world — opened its doors to visitors in Peru on Saturday, after eight years ...

The citadel of Penico, now opened to the public, was built in Peru nearly 4,000 years ago The citadel was a trading center connecting communities on Peru's Pacific coast with the Andes and the ...

More than 4,000 years ago, Egypt and Mesopotamia stood as two of the most complex societies on the planet. But the new DNA sequencing reveals how these two populations also intermingled.

The horse is as important to the Amish as more-prevalent forms of transportation are for the rest of the modern world.

The defense startup Helsing is reshaping the future of warfare with artificial intelligence – and Russia's aggression against ...

The remote Pacific islands making up the nation of Palau offer that modern rarity of genuinely unspoilt nature, says Rory Ross.

FEMA let Camp Mystic operate in 100-year flood zone despite deadly warnings for years: ‘Particularly disturbing’ Federal regulators repeatedly granted appeals to remove Camp Mystic’s ...

Investorideas, a global investor news source covering mining and metals stocks issues a snapshot of fully permitted, pre-production gold and silver ...