Here, we explore six notable civilizations that have collapsed, shedding light on some of the causes behind their demise and ...

If you've ever wondered how farming spread far and wide, our research on past human societies offers one explanation: contact ...

To Ringbauer’s surprise, people from Mediterranean outposts of Phoenician culture—also known as Punic people—shared no ...

This Celtic celebration of fire and fertility culminates in the marriage of the May Queen and the Green Man—and the arrival of summer.

The Phoenician culture emerged in the Bronze Age city-states of the Levant, developing prominent innovations such as the ...

To study this history, population geneticist Harald Ringbauer at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in ...

There's still a lot left to learn when it comes to ancient history, and scientists are still finding locations long since ...

Maro Gorky talks about misognist art school tutors, family friend Francis Bacon, and her new career retrospective at the ...

This also puts the monument even further back in history than the Egyptian pyramids and Stonehenge. The structure itself stands nearly 90 feet tall. If man-made as many maintain, it would be a ...

For centuries, the lost city of 'Atlantis' has remained one of history's greatest mysteries ... Could this be the work of an ancient civilization we've never heard of? The structure, believed ...

Despite the power and position of the Etruscans, the Faliscan language survived the domination of the Etruscan culture as well as the expansion of the Romans. As expected, the Romans attacked Falerii ...

In fact, it was such a significant civilization that people who study ancient Egyptian history have a special name: Egyptologists. Keep reading to learn all about why ancient Egypt was so influential.