Ancient History. Deciphering our past… Together.
Humans may not have been responsible for the ultimate extinction of the Neanderthals according to a new study by Dutch researchers who wanted to know...
Today, we marvel at creatures such as crocodiles and Komodo Dragons, but they would be even more fearsome if they had giant heads. And it...
Deep in the heart of northern Kansas, researchers excavated farmland that used to be under the ocean and ended up finding a brand new species...
Of all the possible ways the Neanderthals may have gone extinct, it turns out that it may have been as simple as a common childhood...
Archaeologists made a fascinating find in Norway recently by uncovering not just one ancient Viking boat grave, but two. And the mysterious bit is that...
One main reason why we remain fascinated by ancient structures today is the mystery of how often massive stones were cut and fitted together with...
A team of researchers from Yamagata University, along with IBM researchers, has found 143 new Nazca Lines in Peru with the help of A.I. technology....
It’s a common stereotype that extraterrestrials may have green skin color, from green Martians to the Egyptian god Osiris, depicted with greenish skin. Ancient Celtic...
For 1,400 years, the ancient Assyrian empire dominated the Middle East ruling an area stretching from Turkey to Egypt and east to Iran through what...
Unbeknownst to most of us, there are ancient footprints right under our feet beneath the ground we continue to walk on today, and now scientists...
Even those who know little about world history have likely heard of Merlin the Magician. The mythology which has been built up around him has...
For fans of the “Vikings” series on the History Channel, the idea of shield-maidens, strong woman warriors are welcomed and unsurprising. However, in the real...
For the first time, archaeologists in Mexico have found direct evidence that ancient humans actually engineered traps to hunt and kill woolly mammoths to butcher...
A study of ancient teeth belonging to modern humans and Neanderthals of the Aurignacian culture at Manot Cave in Israel is shedding new light on...
There are few creatures surrounded by more mystery, wonder, and fascination than unicorns. Some say they existed and then died out. Others insist unicorns are...
An excavation in a cave occupied by Neanderthals in Spain has uncovered what is considered to be the last necklace ever made by our distant...
Mysterious carvings from the time of the Aztecs were recently discovered in Mexico City in a very unlikely place: In a tunnel that dates back...
All across the world, there are stories about people of giant stature, and also of relatively small people. In the mainstream, these stories are almost...
When it comes to royal mysteries, not much compares to the Battle of Bosworth and the death of King Richard III during the Wars of...
Juan Ponce de Leon is probably best known for discovering what is now known as the U.S. state of Florida, but he’s also associated with...
An amazing rare find at the Tower of London was made by archaeologists earlier this month when they unearthed the complete skeletons of a medieval...
There is always an ongoing dispute about how old the ancient pyramids really are. Mainstream archaeologists tend to follow an agreed-upon timeline, while others continuously...
