Around 8,000 to 6,000 BCE, the North and Baltic seas... weren’t seas at all. Instead, they were vast plains that were home to ancient human civilizations. But as the curtain drew to a close on the ...

The discovery of a prehistoric site in North America is forcing experts to rethink how advanced early societies may have been ...

Archaeologists have translated Mesopotamian cuneiform tablets from 720 B.C.E. detailing rare royal rituals and king lists, while Ice Age stone tools from China show advanced craftsmanship by an ...

According to ancient Greek texts, this was a land of eternal spring, inhabited by a race of giants who lived for a thousand years without disease or war. They called it Hyperborea, a realm existing ...

Scientists have finally uncovered direct genetic evidence of Yersinia pestis — the bacterium behind the Plague of Justinian — in a mass grave in Jerash, Jordan. This long-sought discovery resolves a ...

Advanced alien civilizations may communicate via a series of flashing lights, similar to how fireflies do, a new paper hints. This would potentially make extraterrestrials much harder to spot if we ...

The feeling will be familiar to many who have visited the great cities of history: I had come to Athens for the first time and made a pilgrimage to its democratic Assembly, Plato's Academy, and ...

A routine dig at a new wind turbine site exposed something else entirely. Fragments emerged out of the ground pointing to a ...

A forum on intercultural dialogue and mutual learning among civilizations was held on Thursday to mark the 20th anniversary of the China-Greece comprehensive strategic partnership. Participants said ...