For millennia, ancient civilizations have left us clues about the importance of living in harmony with nature. Despite the ...

New research uncovers how ancient tides shaped the rise of Sumer. A newly released study questions established beliefs about how urban civilization first emerged in ancient Mesopotamia, proposing that ...

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The brazen robbery on Sunday has put a spotlight on security protocols in the sprawling museum, which have been tested over ...

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Long before cities or empires, beer brought people together. From Neolithic farms to Mesopotamian temples, brewing helped lay ...

An international consortium of researchers has created the largest-ever database compiling records of brain activity during ...

For 5,000 years, there has been dancing, processions, rituals and feasts. What have we celebrated, from Africa to Asia, ...

An eccentric idea from the 1970s may rewrite everything we believe we know about the New Testament.

His architecture swung from austere to whimsical, with conspicuous projects like the sprawling headquarters of the British ...

It wouldn't be spooky season without ghosts. But they weren't always the evil spirits we see in books and movies today. For ...

Researchers analyzing an extremely rare Egyptian alabastron inscribed with the name of Persian ruler Xerxes I have discovered traces of opium within the ancient vessel, suggesting that the narcotic ...