In addition to the many magnificent historical monuments in Greece, the country boasts several unique sunken cities and ...

New research reveals that the 4,000-year-old city of Mohenjo-daro defied the 'rules' of history by becoming more equal as it became more successful.

David Heath is a List Writer from the UK specializing in video games, movies, TV shows, and the occasional anime. Streaming services offer a variety of ancient history documentaries to fulfill the ...

A groundbreaking archaeological discovery in West Africa is challenging long-held assumptions about early human adaptability and migration. Evidence from a site in Côte d'Ivoire reveals that Homo ...

Ancient history is filled with famous stories, dramatic claims, and widely repeated ideas—but not all of them are supported by evidence. Over time, myths about the ancient world can become accepted as ...

From politics to the Oscars, the #MeToo movement is spotlighting the nature of women’s relationship to power. Why are traditional positions of power still closed to so many? How do women work within ...

Although we often romanticize the bare marble of ancient sculpture today, most of these specimens were in fact painted in bright shades of blue, red, yellow, brown and many other hues. Over the past ...

Colors mean different things to different people across time and space, but the color red has remained an integral way of representing hate, love and luxury for millennia. In a new book on the history ...

P ity the poor Homo sapiens. In the great museums of the future, the display on their lives ca. 2024 will surely be among the least impressive. Picture them now, hunched over their little laminate ...

In its time, the Assyrian capital faced waves of invasions and abandonment. Now a small team of archaeologists are protecting it from more modern threats Photographs by Emily Garthwaite Text by Leon ...

Clifty Falls State Park offers a window into a rich marine ecosystem that formed millions of years ago.