The death of Pope Francis has sent Catholics all over the world into prolonged mourning. Known for his humility, advocacy for the poor, and efforts to reform the Catholic Church, this pope’s death ...

The Phoenician culture emerged in the Bronze Age city-states of the Levant, developing prominent innovations such as the first alphabet (from which many present-day writing systems derive).

A historically significant discovery at a Roman-era cemetery in York, England, has provided the first direct physical proof that gladiators really faced off against wild animals—specifically lions—in ...

Despite assertions to the contrary, science and religion are not always at odds. This has been demonstrated once again, as an ...

In the heart of Paris, the Luxor Obelisk rises high above the Place de la Concorde. This astonishing artifact was carved in Egypt under the reign of Nineteenth Dynasty Pharaoh Ramesses II in the 13th ...

Craig Barker/The ConversationThe 1972 concert film ‘Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii,’ back in cinemas this week, remains one of the most unique concert documentaries ever recorded by a rock band.

The Egyptian archaeological mission, a collaboration between the Supreme Council of Antiquities and the Zahi Hawass ...

A new study from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem offers a timely, evidence-based explanation for one of the most significant turning points in human history: the Neolithic Revolution, which is asso ...

Three consecutive years of drought contributed to the ‘Barbarian Conspiracy’, a pivotal moment in the history of Roman Britain, a new Cambridge-led study reveals.

A team of prehistoric archaeologists from Tel Aviv University has proposed a new hypothesis to explain a long-standing ...

If the archaeological record has been correctly interpreted, stone alignments in Tanzania's Olduvai Gorge are remnants of ...

The search for life on alien worlds has produced by far its most exciting discovery, in the form of a planet just 124 light years from earth that shows all the signs of hosting life.