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

This new finding indicates that people were living in the region about 2,000 years earlier than previously thought. However, ...

A unique exhibit on display at the Walters Art Museum combines the love of animals with ancient history.

Archaeologists uncovered a 4,500-year-old gold artifact and jade stone in Troy, reshaping the timeline and trade history of ...

On the northwestern coast of modern-day Turkey, the city at the heart of Homer’s Iliad and the Trojan War was somewhere between myth and history until ruins were discovered in Hisarlık in the late ...

With around 1,800 accredited museums in the UK, we have chosen our favourites for your next culture-filled day out ...

Earth scientists often face huge challenges when researching Earth's history: many significant events occurred such a long ...

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

He lived hundreds of thousands of years ago, eking out an existence in what is today central China. Sporting a squat neck and ...

Aylwyn Scally, a researcher in human evolutionary genetics at the University of Cambridge, discusses an ancient skull that could rewrite the timeline of human evolution.

This video explores how Venice, unlike other Italian cities, was shaped by its deep ties to Byzantium. From its early days as a refuge after the fall of Rome to its role in the Fourth Crusade and the ...

On September 28, 2025, the Ephorate of Antiquities of Piraeus and the Islands invites history enthusiasts to explore the ...