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

Long before paleontology, ancient civilizations stumbled upon massive bones buried in the earth. With no science to explain them, these fossils became the foundation for terrifying legends and ...

The end of thePleistocene, marked by the Younger Dryas (YD) onset around 12.8 thousand years ago, witnessed the sudden ...

Some believe the "Babylon Battery" is an ancient device capable of generating electricity—centuries before modern batteries ...

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

How old is your food? Before food was a choice, it was a necessity — the bare minimum only eaten and endured in order to ...

Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the ...

Archaeologists unearthed a massive trove of gold coins in the Czech Republic, minted by a long-lost civilization — with the site described by officials as "exceptional." The discovery was announced by ...

The fusion of indigenous ingredients with European influences marked a pivotal moment in the evolution of tortillas. As ...

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

The vivid reconstructions are based on two skulls found in urns excavated in 2021 at a burial ground in southern India ...

LOS ANGELES, CA / ACCESS Newswire / September 17, 2025 / BeaconTV announce American Paranormal, an eight-part investigative docuseries premiering Q1 2026 on a major network. Hosted by Jack Osbourne (P ...