The flying Apsaras dance across the heavens; caravan bells echo along ancient routes. Dunhuang, a pivotal hub on the ancient Silk Road, served as a crossroads where diverse civilizations converged, ...

Turkey was once full of Greek cities which were the cradle of ancient Greek scientific and philosophical thought.

The Stoic dichotomy treats betrayal like weather. Plato knew better: another person's choices flow from character—and ...

Many of the world’s most fascinating archaeological sites are overshadowed by their more famous neighbors, leaving countless ...

Archaeologists in Turkey have just uncovered a shopping list,one that’s 3,500 years old. The discovery, made at the ancient ...

A 2,000-year-old Chinese astronomical record describes the death of a “Man from Heaven” at the exact moment the New Testament ...

Archaeologists have uncovered the submerged ruins of a medieval Silk Road city beneath Lake Issyk-Kul. Located in ...

If authentic, these codices would represent one of the most significant archaeological discoveries related to Christianity's formative years. However, their unusual appearance and controversial ...

In the past twenty years, major technological advances in extracting and analyzing DNA have transformed the ability to ...

The Amarna Letters contain records of ancient lords and rulers seeking to establish diplomatic ties with Egyptian pharaohs.

The ancient world was probably filled with magicians using science only a few understood, but the works of one man have ...

The 1,800-year-old Ketton mosaic discovered at England's Rutland villa features a rare retelling of the Trojan War myth not ...