A collection of artefacts collected 2,500 years ago in modern-day Iraq reveal the forgotten world of Mesopotamia, home to ...

However, a careful reading of the Torah text shows that what the people built was an entire city made out of manufactured uniform bricks (Genesis 11:3); and the reason they built the city and the ...

Here, we explore six notable civilizations that have collapsed, shedding light on some of the causes behind their demise and ...

Historians recently unveiled a rare 13th-century document depicting the tales of King Arthur and Merlin – and its survival is considered a miracle. The discovery was announced by the University ...

When it comes to leaning towers, Italy’s Tower of Pisa immediately comes to mind for many. Beyond this famous tilting icon, the world is full of peculiar structures like it – from church ...

Dire wolf pups born using gene-edited ancient DNA CRISPR used to match dire wolf genes in grey wolf embryos Dallas firm Colossal leads species restoration breakthrough ...

By extracting ancient DNA from 13,000-year-old and 72,000-year-old fossils and merging it with that of modern gray wolves, scientists have created animals that look and behave like their long ...

Archaeologists recently uncovered the remains of a remarkably well-preserved dog from ancient Rome – and the discovery highlights the prevalence of ritual sacrifice in antiquity. The excavation ...

The researchers have also estimated that construction on the theater began around the 4th century B.C.E., when ancient Lefkada was experiencing economic prosperity. “Although damaged by time ...

But between 15,000 and 5,000 years ago it would have been full of rivers, plants and people. New research is shedding light on the lives of these ancient humans. Around 50,000 years ago, Homo sapiens ...

Image: Ancient artwork from Nineveh, possibly depicting Marduk fighting Tiamat. Credit: Public domain Sumerian civilization appears to have been established in southern Mesopotamia around ... the ...

Researchers uncovered a remarkably preserved network of over 200 ancient irrigation canals in southern Mesopotamia, revealing sophisticated water management techniques used as early as the sixth ...