This was the Piri Reis map, a world chart compiled in 1513 by the Ottoman admiral and cartographer Piri Reis. While the map is famous for its early depiction of the Americas, a new wave of academic ...

A recent archaeological excavation in northwest China has uncovered a 3,000-year-old burial site containing deliberately broken bronze weapons, offering a remarkable glimpse into ancient attitudes ...

Nestled in the lush valleys of northern Jordan, just a short journey from Amman, lies one of the most spectacularly preserved Roman provincial cities in the world: Jerash. Known in antiquity as Gerasa ...

About 1,500 years ago, in what is now South Korea, a gruesome practice known as ‘sunjang’ dictated that servants, retainers, ...

The quest for Harald Bluetooth's lost treasure is more than just a hunt for gold; it is a search for the truth behind the ...

That is the mystery this article follows. Because if the Nephilim were part of the reason the old world was destroyed, then their story should have ended in Genesis 6. Yet the biblical record refuses ...

A team of South Korean researchers has made a major historical discovery in Luxor, Egypt, unearthing a 3,300-year-old cartouche bearing the name of Pharaoh Ramses II. The hieroglyphic inscription was ...

A routine archaeological survey ahead of a massive offshore wind farm project in eastern England has led to an astonishing array of discoveries, most notably the remains of a sprawling Roman villa and ...

Known as the Plain of Jars, this UNESCO World Heritage site features thousands of massive, tubular-shaped stone vessels scattered across the Xieng Khouang plateau, some standing up to three meters ...

Whether Barsa-Kelmes is a place of genuine supernatural power or simply a remote location where folklore met Cold War paranoia, its impact on the human imagination is undeniable. It represents our ...

The Roman general Crassus invaded Parthian imperial territory in southern Turkey in 53 BC. The Parthian army annihilated Crassus’ forces near the city of Carrhae. Around 20,000 Roman soldiers died ...

Painting of a straight-tusked elephant (Palaeoloxodon antiquus) during the early temperate period of the Eemian interglacial, ...