Constructed between the eleventh and fifteenth centuries, Great Zimbabwe features massive stone enclosures built entirely without mortar. Granite blocks were carefully shaped and stacked to create ...

Sudan is home to more pyramids than Egypt, most of them built by the ancient Kingdom of Kush. Concentrated around sites like Meroë, these pyramids served as royal tombs and reflect a distinct ...

The existential question of which countries are the oldest has long intrigued historians, and for good reason. However, defining what makes a country "old" is challenging, as it depends on historical ...

You've seen the Eiffel Tower a million times on Instagram. The Colosseum?Overdone. While everyone flocks to the same tired ...

Part I of the Polar Nexus Series: Reconstructing the ancient world that existed long before recorded history and left its fingerprints on every early civilization.

Researchers at the Wisconsin Historical Society have uncovered 16 ancient canoes at the bottom of Lake Mendota, and they believe the oldest was crafted before the Great Pyramid of Giza was built in ...

Ziggurats were mudbrick temples designed to bridge heaven and earth, anchoring religion, power, and architecture in the ancient Near East for thousands of years.

Westra chose Henan province for his studies on environmental archaeology and comparisons in archaeological cultures, because he felt China's history wasn't prominent enough in world history records, ...

Alexander the Great conquered the region around 329 B.C.E., leaving behind Greek and Macedonian settlers who intermarried ...

The world is constantly changing, and eventually, our memory alone isn't enough to portray how things really were. It can ...

A bronze drinking vessel and a bronze wine container from the late Shang Dynasty (c. 16th century-11th century BC) Yinxu Ruins in Anyang, Henan province.[Photo by Wang Ru/China Daily] ...

Can the myth of the Labyrinth of Knossos be explained by the Minoan civilization? This article examines the evidence.