The Kottayam hoard and others unearthed in India since have given economists plenty to chew on. The sites date back to the ...

When did the ancient world truly end? Many point to the fall of Rome in 476 AD, others to devastating wars or invasions, but ...

A Rochester Institute of Technology researcher developed a mathematical method that shows climate change likely caused the rise and fall of an ancient civilization. In an article recently featured in ...

Where did the founding fathers of the United States get the idea for the three branches of government? Why does our money have stuff written on it in Latin? Why does the story of the rise and fall of ...

The Colosseum: the jewel of Ancient Rome. It wowed vast crowds with extraordinary battles. It pushed the boundaries of technology. It exhibited Rome’s vast wealth and power. Roman leaders spread the ...

Sixty-three percent. That is the mind-boggling ratio of mammal species that disappeared from Africa and the Arabian Peninsula about 30 million years ago, when the climate of Earth veered from verdant ...

Centuries of excavations have unearthed a few theories about what really brought down one of the oldest cities in the ancient world. Alamy Chronicle's illustration of "Joshua at Jericho." Jericho's ...