Archaeologists often spend long amounts of time at a dig site, only to dig up garbage such as bottle caps and soda cans, or ...

A rare sixth-century sword has been uncovered in an Anglo-Saxon burial site near Canterbury, England. This remarkable find ...

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The ancient Greek city of Thebes played a central role in Greek history, appearing in many of the legends of Greek mythology.

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Nestled along the shoreline of Hood Canal’s south shore in Union, Washington, this 182-acre gem might not have the name ...

Mussolini’s rise shows that strongmen are only as powerful as the democratic opposition allows. Failing to take them ...

The site itself was dated to around 2,300 years ago. Despite the lack of bodies, however, numerous ancient artifacts survived, including pottery, jewelry, metal ornaments, and cremation urns. The most ...

I wanted to make a point of placing the monsters within the daily life of Tokyo,” says the photographer Tess Ayano, who spent ...

The funeral of Pope Francis will take place at 9am Irish time in St Peter’s Square in the Vatican City. Hundred of thousands of mourners are expected to attend, including President Michael D Higgins, ...

In the sweltering summer of AD18, a desperate chant echoed across China's sun-scorched plains: "Heaven has gone blind!" ...