Benin City has grown from the historic Kingdom of Benin into a vibrant metropolis with the new Museum of West African Art.

The return of Lake Manly to Death Valley, known commonly as the driest place in North America, highlights historic levels of ...

The Indus Valley civilization, located in present-day Pakistan and India, went through four periods of intense drought, which ...

While slaves in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii were considered no more than "speaking tools", some received better food ...

Archaeologists in Hungary have uncovered a 1,300-year-old warrior’s tomb containing one of only about 80 known Avar sabers, a ...

A new radiocarbon study has clarified the timing of the colossal Thera eruption, placing it before Egypt’s New Kingdom.

The royal symbol on the newly discovered figurines solves a long-standing mystery by identifying who was buried in the ...

There were 22 gold objects, in addition to other impressive grave goods, buried with the deceased, indicating they were ...

Cornwall has several stone circles, and as many as 800 sit across the United Kingdom, remnants of prehistoric people who ...

"Some of our ancestors were very skilled observers." A team of international researchers say they've uncovered new data on ...

Plant species mentioned in texts from the past 800 years hint the wooded grasslands of western India have been there since ...

Olive oil is the Swiss army knife of foodstuffs. It can dress salads, sauté vegetables, even grease squeaky hinges. And for ...