Ancient DNA research, published in the journal Nature, has revealed a direct genetic link between the cultures of ancient ...

Laura Gilabert-Sansalvador did not have Mesoamerican politics on her mind in 2013 when she began studying stone palaces at La Blanca, an ancient Maya site in Guatemala.

Among these discoveries are also success stories, where ancient farming practices helped civilizations survive the hard times ...

How Ancient Political Losers Had to Bribe Roman Emperors for Peace. POWER STRUGGLE. A vicious power struggle for control of Rome ended when Septimius Severus triumphed as Emperor—and sent his ...

Near the cliffs of Luxor, where ancient temples rise from the desert, a new discovery is changing how we understand one of ...

Over the past 100 years, historians were left puzzled over one of ancient Egypt ’s most powerful and fascinating rulers' ...

Newly translated ancient riddles reveal ancient Mesopotamians made fun of politicians, cracked crude jokes and drank beer, say scientists who studied the 3,500-year-old riddles inscribed on a tablet.

The Tiwanaku society thrived around the highest navigable lake in the world – before their mysterious disappearance ...

The long entangled history of Christianity and politics. In “Ancient Christianities: The First Five Hundred Years,” Paula Fredriksen explores how a localized sect became a universal Roman church.

A construction site in Pompeii that was being worked on until the eruption of Vesuvius has been discovered, unlocking hidden details about the construction – and politics – in the ancient city.