In 1922, a British archaeologist named Herbert Weld Blundell was excavating the ruins of Larsa, an ancient city in what is now southern Iraq. Digging through the dust of Mesopotamia, his team ...

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Gamegenic and Repos Production have teamed up to make a version of the board game luxurious enough to bury with a pharaoh.

Ancient mysteries continue to fuel theories that advanced beings may have visited early civilizations. Strange objects, ...

About 30 years ago, the question about the oldest civilization had a straightforward answer. Around 4000 B.C., the earliest ...

Central banks have been physically buying gold at unprecedented levels, exceeding 1,000 tons annually for three consecutive ...

The excavation of the ancient city of Ur revealed wealthy, powerful rulers. There’s a compelling case they were actually women.

The famous waterway began as two rivers, a new study suggests. Tectonic activity around five million years ago probably made them change course and merge, helping to birth the Fertile Crescent ...

The challenge was taken up by Prince Henry of Portugal. Between 1424 and 1434, he sent 14 ship expeditions to round the perilous cape. None succeeded. All turned back from fear or foul weather. Yet ...