English archaeologist Jessica Rawson's book Life and Afterlife in Ancient China Photo: Courtesy of CITIC Press Group. In the ...

The ancient world is utterly fascinating, and whenever we come across archaeological sites we didn't know existed in America or the world unearths a brand-new archeological discovery that challenges ...

While much of Sogdian culture may be lost to time, some of their structures still stand, including the ruins of an ornate ...

A Celtic settlement unearthed in the Czech Republic yielded over 22,000 bags of artifacts including gold coins, jewelry and pottery from the La Tène period, according to officials.

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Carvings on a 12,000-year-old monument in Turkey appear to mark solar days and years, making it possibly the oldest solar calendar in ancient civilization. Marking a massive comet strike as the start, ...

Chef Necati Yilmaz pays tribute to the ancient Hittite civilization, which thrived in Anatolia over 3,000 years ago, with an ...