On Sept. 27, 1822, French philologist Jean-François Champollion announced that he had deciphered ancient Egyptian ...

Our understanding of ancient civilizations is constantly challenged by newly discovered ruins that defy mainstream historical ...

When we picture the history of money, many imagine barter leading naturally to coins, then paper bills, then cards and ...

The remains of an ancient civilization could offer humanity clues as to how to address the current climate crisis.

Missouri State University archaeologists Daniel Pierce and Christopher Bodine are heading to Brazil to study ancient ...

Carvings on a 12,000-year-old monument in Turkey appear to mark solar days and years, making it possibly the oldest solar ...

Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the ...

This is a news report from China Daily: The Nile River, eternal and majestic, carves its path through endless desert ...

Water has memory they say and what would it reveal if someone followed its ways? Fortunately, the most remarkable heritage sites of antique societies are dotted along the coastlines and riverbanks of ...

Long before fancy serums in dropper bottles and $300 night creams, ancient civilizations had their own sophisticated approaches to achieving luminous, healthy skin. While we typically imagine ancient ...

Rachel Feltman: There’s been a lot of hype around artificial intelligence lately. Some companies want us to believe that machine learning is powerful enough to practically tell the future. But what ...