A study says the Ain Samiya goblet, found in 1970, depicts a moment of cosmic creation, challenging previous scholarly ...

The Indus Valley civilization, located in present-day Pakistan and India, went through four periods of intense drought, which ...

On a dry patch of Peru’s central coast, archaeologists are decoding a chilling message carved into clay over four millennia ...

The British Museum is well placed to refer to the discovery of the Library of Ashurbanipal as "one of the most important" ...

A series of severe, decades-long droughts ushered the end of the Indus Valley Civilization, one of the world's oldest ...

According to National Geographic, the map depicts distances between gates in the wall surrounding the Mesopotamian city of Nippur, but for decades experts questioned its accuracy. The locations of ...

When we think of exhibits of ancient civilizations, our minds inevitably turn to ancient Mesopotamians, Egyptians, Greeks or Romans. While these associations are understandable, they reflect a ...

The world’s oldest known medieval Judaica relic is now its most valuable, too The 12th-century Kiddush cup, which sheds light on the little-known Jewish community of eastern Khorasan, went for $4 ...

Humans reached, settled, and thrived on Mindoro and other Philippine islands far earlier than most scientific timelines for allow for the evolution of human civilization. These people did not wait for ...

A roughly 12,000-year-old clay figurine unearthed in northern Israel has unveiled a surprisingly ancient turning point in storytelling and artistic techniques. This tiny item, which fits in the palm ...

A 4,300-year-old silver goblet unearthed in the West Bank is engraved the earliest known depiction of the universe’s creation — a scene strikingly similar to the Book of Genesis, a new study revealed.

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. A 40,000-year-old juvenile woolly mammoth named Yuka is not only ...