Revealing the long-lost secrets of the real First World War - more than 3,000 years ago - How archaeologists are ...

THE face of the Valley of the Kings Pharaoh who rewrote history can be seen for the first time in 3,500 years. The famous ...

In the 18th Century BC, the Code of King Hammurabi of Babylon codified the death penalty for twenty five different crimes, although murder was not one of them. The first death sentence ...

The Appian Way—built by Romans in 312 BC—still stands in many places, including at a park in Rome. A visit offers a glimpse ...

From Plato to Proclus, Athens was regarded as the epicenter of many ancient Greek philosophers' vibrant intellectual lives.

Explore a collection of essential Greek mythology books and retellings, offering timeless legends alongside modern ...

Many have traced the contemporary conception of a mermaid to the ancient Greek figure of the siren, despite the fact that ...

In a study published on Monday, a team from the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute discovered the cells that can transform into two previously-known types of cells: endothelial ...

Ghana, once the last sight of home for countless Africans forced into slavery, became the birthplace of the African ...

What we know about Apollos is mostly found within the book of Acts and a few of Paul’s letters. While admittedly not as ...

Conservationists have released 15 pine martens into the wild in southern England in an effort to reestablish the cat-sized mammals in the region for the first time in more than a century.

This Date in Baseball, October 2 - Sammy Sosa becomes the first player in MLB history with three 60-HR seasons ...