More than 2,000 years ago, someone drafted a list of what they thought were the seven man-made wonders of the ancient world.

The oldest surviving world map, known as the Imago Mundi, offers a fascinating glimpse into ancient Babylonian life. Dating ...

Ancient complex societies, with some much older than others, formed cultural and technological advances that have shaped our ...

There are parts of the excavation site that date back to the Sasanian Empire of the 3 rd through 7 th centuries, but a ...

But new DNA evidence suggests things were not as they seem — and these prevailing interpretations come from looking at the ...

A once-in-a-lifetime Nile cruise can be paired with a trip to Cairo and Giza, where some galleries of the Grand Egyptian ...

William Dalrymple gives us a near-complete idea of how central India was to everything that happened in the ancient world ...

Researchers have uncovered links between the precursor to the world's oldest writing system and the mysterious, intricate ...

A recet video by the British Museum described how its cuneiform instructions could be followed to find the resting place of ...