Discover ancient civilizations with the oldest cities globally, from Damascus to Varanasi, showcasing millennia of human ...

The modern West traces its heritage to Greece and Rome, societies that themselves owed a debt to the cultures that preceded ...

In that glacial sample from the Himalayas, scientists have now identified more than 1,700 ancient viruses, though they note that these species do not infect humans. Their findings, tracing how the ...

The study of celestial objects ran throughout ancient Egyptian culture. Religious events were fixed by the movements of the sun and moon, star charts were carved into the lids of tombs ...

By Franz Lidz It was good to be the king in ancient Babylonia, unless, of course, an eclipse occurred during his reign. Such an event foretold revolt, rebellion, defeat in war, loss of territory ...

When the Moon fully slips into Earth's shadow, a king shall die. So warns an ominous prediction from Old Babylonia, inscribed across several ancient clay tablets. For over a century now, these ...

Although the paint, exposed over centuries to wind and rain, has long since faded away. Founded over 2,000 years ago along the ancient Arabian trade routes, Petra was at one time home to a community ...

The revised Cambridge Ancient History is a brilliant achievement for undergraduate, scholar and informed layman alike; up-to-date, authoritative, readable but never complacent. In an age of ...