The Hellenistic period was a veritable cauldron of ambition, betrayal, and sheer bloodlust. It was an era marked by dramatic ...

Edward Watts, a professor of history at the University of California, San Diego, delivered a lecture this past Wednesday ...

Political posts on social media that most frequently referenced ancient history tended to be more extreme, hostile and ...

Archaeologists have unearthed the ancient remains of an Egyptian army barracks and the artifacts left there, including a ...

The meanings of terms like sattvic and tamasic shifted over time, said JNU professor R Mahalakshmi during a talk at Delhi’s ...

A 4,000-year-old temple and theater unearthed in Peru sheds light on ancient Andean religious practices and social ...

The Amber Road was an ancient trade route linking northern Europe to the Mediterranean through which the "northern gold" was ...

In ancient Egypt, paint was sourced from minerals, such as ocre, that were then ground into a powder, according to research ...

Qanats can date back 3,000 years, but can be really tricky to find, especially in politically volatile countries.

The ruins of a Roman city were recently unearthed in the French countryside, shedding light on the region’s ancient, imperial ...

Ancient artefacts tell of some of the most advanced civilisations in history, a touchstone for future generations to ...

It is a trope that stretches back to the ancient world, when women were excluded from politics and men sought ways to prove that their participation would be unnatural and dangerous. As ancient ...