A new study, published in the American Journal of Archaeology, aims to show that the ancient Egyptian city of Akhetaten was ...

K’awiil is the name of a Mayan deity associated with divine lightning and royalty. Associating the god with Ix Ch’ak Ch’een ...

Boffins were left completely baffled almost 20 years ago when they stumbled across an unexplained underwater phenomenon older ...

Pamukkale in Turkey looks like a snowy paradise but its hot springs have been a geothermal tourist attraction for millennia, ...

The discovery prompted an international search to figure out how the ancient headstone made it to New Orleans.

Iklaina in Peloponnese was a major center of Mycenaean culture and findings indicate that it may be the first city-state in ...

New research shows that the rise of Sumer was deeply tied to the tidal and sedimentary dynamics of ancient Mesopotamia. Early ...

The Ancient Greek city of Bargylia, dating back to the 5th century BC and located in Asia Minor in the Bodrum peninsula, is ...

The man who just took charge of Rome’s top tourist attraction wants to set the record straight: The Colosseum won’t be ...