An ancient Maya structure was likely built around communal astronomical observations, but the identity of a mysterious woman ...

Once placed in tombs to serve the dead in the afterlife, Egyptian shabtis are getting a new kind of immortality, thanks to ...

Sheikh Hasina's consistent use of Jamdani in high-level diplomatic settings has been widely described as "Jamdani diplomacy" ...

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

In the poem, Ibn al‑Wardi imagines the plague as a wandering trickster who drifts from one region to another, spreading death ...

A tiny silver goblet discovered decades ago in the Judean Hills might hold the oldest known depiction of cosmic creation – and the scenes etched into its surface tell a surprisingly peaceful story.

Ancient Greek cartographers, from Anaximander to Ptolemy, turned myth and measurement into world maps, shaping latitude and ...

The Ancient Greek mapmakers were among the earliest thinkers to conceive of the world as a coherent whole, turning centuries of myth, seafaring knowledge, and emerging science into actual ...

For a long time, archaeologists believed that large buildings required large bosses. The idea was simple: only societies with ...

An ancient Skiri Pawnee star map on elk skin reopens the debate about its true function and challenges Western interpretations.

By piecing together historical records, topographic maps, and satellite imagery, the research team covered more ground than ...