Since Athens is considered the birthplace of democracy, the ancient Greek statesman Pericles must be considered its father.

WASHINGTON — Ancient DNA has revealed a genetic link between the cultures of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia , according to ...

From seasonal intimacy schedules to open-air nudity, ancient Greco-Roman thinkers had no shortage of theories on how to stay ...

Heraclitus was the ancient Greek philosopher who challenged the world through his beliefs in constant change, unity of ...

Researchers sequenced whole genomes from the teeth of a remarkably well-preserved skeleton found in a sealed funeral pot in ...

Dame Judi Dench has launched a petition to revive Britain's ancient woodlands felled and replaced by timber plantations in ...

As America begins its 250th year, it is fitting to draw attention to the great people and ideas that made it possible. Neither the Declaration of Independence of 1776 nor the Constitution of 1787 ...

Over the past 100 years, historians were left puzzled over one of ancient Egypt ’s most powerful and fascinating rulers' ...

When Queen Hatshepsut, one of ancient Egypt's only two female rulers, died, it was widely believed that her nephew, Thutmose ...

Near the cliffs of Luxor, where ancient temples rise from the desert, a new discovery is changing how we understand one of ...

Beijing has dramatically loosened its tourist visa policies, partly to boost the economy and partly to show it’s fun and ...

Made from natural materials such as clay, water jug filters have been used for hundreds of years in every continent by ancient civilisations. They show that purifying water for drinking was ...