The ancient world was replete with a myriad of fascinating civilizations, many of which are no longer remembered.

History loves a good mystery. And honestly, few things are more unsettling than an entire civilization, with millions of ...

manuscripts at the National Museum of Iraq and the nearby National Library were created over 9,000 years of human history -- art and ideas from some of the world’s earliest villages and cultures. But ...

With the thick vegetation of the northern Guatemala rainforests hiding its 2,000-year-old remnants, the full extent of the early Mayan way of life was once impossible to see. But laser technology has ...

Indiana Jones wannabes, your time has come. A local government in India is offering a $1 million prize to the first person who cracks the code of an ancient script found in the ruins of one of the ...