There is a story about the Vestal Virgins that illuminates the religion of ancient Rome. It comes from 390 BC, when things ...

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A new study shows ancient Egyptians made bronze stronger with speiss, changing what experts knew about early metalworking ...

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Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Researchers studied the geologic history around the Karnak Temple near Luxor to distinguish when the famed temple could have been constructed. The ...

Including the Paleolithic Tongtiandong site in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, nearly 80 archaeological ...

Featuring a pottery bowl adorned with an indescribable motif, a set of pottery artifacts debuted at the Chinese Archaeological Museum in Beijing on Wednesday. These relics look surprisingly modern, ...

Everything you need to know about the targeted minority group — -- The Yazidis are a ethnic minority in Iraq made up mostly of ethnic Kurds and isolated from the rest of the population due to ...