In the mythology of ancient Greece and Rome, thunder and lightning strikes were the prime weapon of Zeus (the king of the gods, known to the Romans as Jupiter). Reminders of his power and wrath via ...

The skeleton is the latest in a series of bodies discovered in the city of Dijon that were mysteriously buried in a seated ...

Could ancient humans really have built the pyramids without extraterrestrial help? Or do such questions reveal more about modern anxieties than the past itself?

Debunking alien claims matters, but so does telling richer, more compelling stories about how humans shaped their own past.

Apparently, this approach for remembering grocery lists, house chores, deliveries, and the like was also a huge part of life for ancient Egyptians living over 2,000 years ago—something for which ...

Roughly 2,000 years ago, a traveler from southern India stood inside the sacred tombs of Egypt’s Valley of the Kings and decided to leave his mark. The man, named Cikai Korran, carved his name into ...

The distinctive smell of ancient mummies is helping scientists decode the secrets of Egyptian mummification. By analyzing tiny traces of chemicals in the air around mummy samples, researchers ...

Discover the real Cleopatra. Historians reveal five facts that challenge the myths about the last queen of ancient Egypt and her alliances with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony. Slug: ...