COLOMBO, March 24 — Some places in Sri Lanka whisper history.Polonnaruwa does not whisper. It surrounds you with ...

The ancient world was replete with a myriad of fascinating civilizations, many of which are no longer remembered.

Before Pompeii was engulfed in volcanic ash, its walls may have been battered by an ancient "machine gun" while the city was under siege. A study has uncovered compelling evidence that Roman forces ...

Archaeologists uncover an ancient Roman house in Saepinum, Italy, with advanced water technology, rare artifacts, and ...

New research shows many ancient societies shared power and limited rulers, revealing that democracy existed far beyond Greece ...

We’ve all heard of Zeus’s lightning and King Arthur's Excalibur, but the ancient world’s arsenal was far deeper—and far more dangerous—than the history books suggest. From the cursed spears of the ...

The history of Earth is written on the great tablets of tectonic plates. The motions of plates shaped land masses, formed ...

The Indus River, whose ancient name is "Sindhu," has always played an important role, and it contributed to the progress of ...

Combining the writing on the bones with paleoclimate reconstructions, the team found how typhoon activity helped shift the ...

An Egyptian-German archaeological mission has unearthed a staggering 13,000 inscribed pottery fragments, known as ostraca, at the ancient site of Athribis in Sohag, Upper Egypt, including over 130 ...

Many history lessons focus on only a small portion of the ancient world, often highlighting a few well-known civilizations while overlooking others. Yet across the globe, ancient societies developed ...

'The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World' looks back at the time when India was at its prime—for a whole ...