Recent discoveries have brought to light a series of long-lost photographs revealing a secret underground complex in Egypt, ...

A once-secret passage used by Emperor Commodus to access the Rome Colosseum is opening to the public for the first time, ...

The inscription reading " Clemes Stam " connects this burial artifact to one of Europe's most prestigious swordmaking centers during the Renaissance period. The sword emerged from the ruins of the ...

Ancient Greeks encoded the secrets of their civilization in ways hidden in plain sight, shaping a legacy that endures through ...

In the heart of the ancient Roman city of Gabii, located just 11 miles east of Rome, a team of archaeologists led by ...

Ancient DNA reveals Napoleon’s army was decimated by hidden fevers, not typhus, during the disastrous 1812 Russian invasion.

History has seen many waves of Egyptomania but, until the 19th century, scholars remained baffled by the many repeated symbols and motifs wrapped around every new find, from majestic monuments to ...

The Caral people viewed frogs as symbols of water and rainfall. At its height, the Caral civilization included an estimated 30 urban centers linked by trade, agriculture, fishing, and religious ...

Turns out, ancient body art is a lot more common than we once thought—and it's providing historians with new ways of ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Ancient Egypt is coming to life in Chicago as Dr. Zahi Hawass, the world's most renowned Egyptologist, brings his Royal Evening lecture to McCormick Place on Friday night. Often ...