When people think of ancient civilizations, their minds often drift to the best pyramids of ancient Egypt or the Roman ruins ...

Every once in a while, archaeologists pull something out of the ground that makes us rethink what we thought we knew about ...

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt was inaugurating the long-delayed Grand Egyptian Museum on Saturday, the world’s largest museum dedicated to its ancient civilization — a megaproject also aimed at boosting the ...

There's something about ancient civilizations that fascinates us even thousands of years later. Their architecture, ...

Long drought cycles reshaped settlement choices in the Indus region. These climate stresses likely contributed to its slow collapse. A series of severe droughts, each extending for more than 85 years, ...

Roman, Egyptian, and Chinese civilizations had many different ingenious inventions. Chocolate was a big aphrodisiac for Mesoamerican civilizations and used for energy. The first earthquake detector is ...

Here's how artists and designers have borrowed from the ancient civilization's rich visual vocabulary. A recreation of King Tutankhamun's death mask, on view at "Tutankhamun - His Tomb and his ...

BEIJING, Sept. 27, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- This is a news report from China Daily: The Nile River, eternal and majestic, carves its path through endless desert landscapes before surrendering to the ...

When discussing the ancient world and how it impacts us today, there’s perpetually a massive tunic-clad and public-bathing elephant in the room: the Roman Empire. According to a recent social media ...

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt is inaugurating on Saturday the Grand Egyptian Museum, two decades in the making, with the aim of drawing more visitors to revitalize the country’s tourist industry. Located just ...