The ancient city of Napata, located in what is now northern Sudan, stood for centuries as a powerful urban and cultural center of the Kingdom of Kush. A new study explains how the city owed its ...

This video shows a wide aerial view of the Giza Plateau in Egypt, where large pyramids rise from the desert near a modern ...

Alabama has pyramids. Well, not exactly pyramids, but close enough that when you visit Moundville Archaeological Park, you’ll ...

The pyramids of Egypt are among the most recognizable structures in human history, yet their purpose is often misunderstood or oversimplified. While they are commonly described as royal tombs, their ...

A long-neglected fossil seems to show the evolutionary leap that let the ancestors of today’s many-legged arthropods crawl ...

Long-forgotten ancient tablets have been decoded, uncovering a mix of magic, politics, and daily life from early ...