Archaeologists recently used a drone to map a sprawling 3,500-year-old fortress in the Caucasus Mountains of southern Georgia ...

An academic has used drone mapping to investigate a 3000-year-old 'mega fortress' in the Caucasus mountains, revealing details that re-shape understanding of the site and contribute to a global ...

A new exhibition at the Louvre takes visitors on a visual journey, exploring how the figure of the fool evolved between the ...

medieval pottery and more Meilan Solly A new exhibition spotlights the ways in which cultures around the world have sought answers in the face of uncertainty Michelle Aroney and David Zeitlyn ...

As newly independent nations sought to define themselves apart from their colonial pasts, the adoption of Modern Movement principles facilitated the construction of key infrastructures ...

The many ancient documents deciphered from cuneiform script have enabled historians to establish beyond any doubt that four general cancellations took place during Hammurabi’s reign, in 1792, 1780, ...

The Thucydides’ Trap examines the risk of conflict when a rising power challenges an established one, from ancient Greece to modern US-China relations. Credit: The White House / Public Domain / ...

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Researchers have deciphered a mysterious inscription hidden within an ancient amulet, uncovering fascinating new insights into the early history of Christianity. The small, silver amulet was ...

Archaeologists have discovered an inscribed silver amulet that one theologian now says may rewrite the history of Christianity north of the Alps mountain range. The inscribed amulet was found ...

A team of scientists has discovered that an ancient medicinal clay known as Lemnian ... The team also thinks that LE was probably the prototype for the modern medicinal pill as far back as the ...