Today, when one thinks of the origin of sports and athletic competitions, the ancient Greeks often come to mind. Although ...

A vast library was assembled in Assyria by King Ashurbanipal, who ruled ancient Mesopotamia about 2,700 years ago. The ...

Archaeologists in Peru have unearthed the 5,000-year-old remains of an "elite woman" at the sacred city of Caral. The ...

Digging into the sandy soil of northern Scotland, archaeologists unearthed a rusty metal object unlike anything they’d seen before. The item turned out to be a “rare” ancient chariot wheel and a first ...

The item turned out to be a “rare” ancient chariot wheel and a first-of-its-kind find. Archaeologists started excavating the site of a future golf course, Cabot Highlands, near Inverness a ...