For most of history, the norm was hunger, disease, illiteracy, slavery, and war. There were a few exceptions (from some of ...

Barcelona might dominate travel wishlists, but the Mediterranean coastline is full of port cities with deeper history, richer ...

The printing press helped build libraries that were impossibly large by ancient standards. That created its own new ...

A new AI tool, called Aeneas, has the potential to accelerate our understanding of all human history, researchers say.

that brought down the last Pharaoh of the middle kingdom. Ordinary people were dressing themselves up in finery. and there ...

Built centuries ago on a hill dominating the Potenza Valley, Treia maintains all its ancient charm intact still today ...

A simple turn of the wrist at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in February 2023 has unveiled a centuries-old mystery about ancient Roman craftsmen. Washington State University art history professor ...

Newly excavated extension of the Western Wall with inscriptions. (Photo by Geoffrey Clarfield). I first set foot in Jerusalem ...

Though the Grand Canyon and Yellowstone often dominate the national-park hype, Bryce Canyon National Park has quietly earned ...

For the first time ever, researchers have mapped the entirety of the vast Roman road network highlighting its immense ...

As the saying went, all roads once led to Rome — and those roads stretched 50 percent longer than previously known, according to a new digital atlas published Thursday.

"All roads lead to Rome!" Roads were the lifeline of the Roman Empire, stretching from Britannia to North Africa-- people ...