Forty years after the first effort to extract mummy DNA, researchers have finally generated a full genome sequence from an ...

This is the fourth installment of Edmonds resident Nathaniel Brown’s recent travels to Greece. You can read part 1 here, part ...

Ancient Rome was a rigidly hierarchical society where the ruling elite stigmatized everyone who had to work with their hands. Yet Roman workers still found ways to resist exploitation through strikes ...

Over 6,000 years old and still a site for worship, Stonehenge remains a unique place. As the first rays of the sun shine into ...

The Assyrian Empire shaped the ancient world for centuries. At its height, it stretched from the Persian Gulf to Egypt, ...

The summer solstice occurs each year on June 21. It was celebrated by ancient cultures across the world, including the ...

As the sun rose on the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, a crowd erupted in cheers at Stonehenge where the ancient monument in southern England has clocked the summer solstice over ...

From Stone Age astronomy to Viking law and Roman goddesses, cultures across time have honored the longest day of the year ...

According to Sitchin, the Anunnaki left Earth around 6,000 years ago, having established the foundations of human civilization in Sumer and Mesopotamia. #Anunnaki #Nibiru #ZechariaSitchin ...

Ancient Civilization Gambling Rituals and Divination Gambling was an entertaining pastime in the ancient world, and traces of games with a gambling edge have been found virtually all over the world.

Haut-relief sculptures on the sarcophagus show a wine-drinking contest between Dionysus, the Greek god of wine, and the legendary Roman hero, Hercules.