There’s a place in southeastern Turkey that most people have never heard of — a windswept hilltop called Gobekli Tepe. It was built long before the pyramids, long before organized farming. And it’s ...

The largest libraries of the ancient world weren’t mere book collections. They were centers of power, education, and survival ...

Ancient “technologies” that still have scientists baffled Ancient civilizations demonstrated remarkable ingenuity in solving ...

How did the complexity of the Delian problem, an ancient Greek mathematical riddle that baffled brilliant minds, reshape our understanding?

Our understanding of ancient civilizations is constantly challenged by newly discovered ruins that defy mainstream historical ...

A community near an ancient Buddhist archaeological site on Indonesia’s Sumatra Island has established a voluntary school to teach young people history and culture that dates back centuries. The ...

When we think about anatomy today, various images come to mind. Perhaps you’re taken back to high school, when dissecting pig organs or a frog was your earliest window into the body’s interior. Or ...

Archaeologists found a 30,000-year-old ancient toolkit in Czech Republic. The tools reveal hunting, recycling, and survival ...

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The bone analysis revealed clear signs of healing around the embedded arrowhead. Dense bone tissue had begun forming around the foreign object, indicating the warrior survived the initial trauma and ...