The Roman Empire had an impressive road network. A new dataset now visualizes the road map, adding over 100,000 kilometers of ...

Ancient Greece witnessed numerous significant battles that played pivotal roles in shaping its history and Western civilization.

Produced in collaboration with the UK’s Lion Television and inspired by the best-selling book by Greek writer Christos ...

According to James Hankins in The Golden Thread, cultural revival through a return to our heritage is how the West works.

The name “Besh-Ba-Gowah” comes from the Western Apache language, roughly translating to “place of metal” or “metal camp,” a nod to the area’s rich mining history that came centuries after the original ...

Elon Musk funds AI-powered archaeology in Rome, pledging $1M to help researchers digitally rebuild ancient sites and rewrite ...

Between 500 BCE and 500 CE, the Nazca people of coastal Peru created what amounts to the world's largest art gallery — except the viewing platform was the sky. Across nearly 200 square miles of desert ...

The worn-out pages of human history are replete with fascinating insights into the medical practices and treatments of ancient civilizations. From the rudimentary healing methods of prehistoric ...

The writers of antiquity thought very little of the people who lived on the fringes of their own empires and had even less regard for the societies that existed beyond them. When the Roman poet Ovid ...

Södertälje, Sweden -- Artificial intelligence is now taking us on an unprecedented journey, reopening the gates of time to civilizations whose fame never faded. On this journey, the world is ...

UAlbany Anthropologist Robert M. Rosenswig's recent paper reevaluates theories of money through the way tally sticks have been used across multiple cultures, including Maya. Credit: Justin Kerr/Justin ...