Archaeologists have uncovered evidence of a ritual-based site that may have been built long before the rise of Maya rulers ...

When rolled on a moist clay tablet, these engravings left low-relief markings, signifying that the object's owner authorized ...

A discovery in a 1,100-year-old Wari outpost suggests that powerful, communal intoxicants may have helped foster alliances.

Small, but mighty, these countries are some of the smallest in the world and yet they bring in a surprising number of ...

There was a reason Southern businessmen and thinkers were inspired by ancient Egypt: To them, it served as proof that all great civilizations were hierarchal societies sustained by enslaved labor.

One of the best-preserved cities of the ancient world, Pergamon sits near modern-day Turkey's west coast next to the city known as Bergama. Pergamon was a prosperous, cosmopolitan city that flourished ...

With the 3-2 approval Monday night vote—Democratic Commissioners Grady Prestage and Dexter McCoy casting the dissenting votes—the map stands for now, barring potential legal challenges against the ...

The writers of antiquity thought very little of the people who lived on the fringes of their own empires and had even less regard for the societies that existed beyond them. When the Roman poet Ovid ...

PARIS, Oct 6 (Reuters) - French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu resigned on Monday, just hours after appointing his new cabinet, plunging France straight back into a political crisis it has been ...

Healing the blind, raising the dead, commanding nature—were these divine miracles or powerful magic by ancient standards? Some early sources saw Jesus very differently Hearing Abruptly Halted Amid ...

The largest libraries of the ancient world weren’t mere book collections. They were centers of power, education, and survival across empires. Credit: Greek Reporter archive Clay tablets, papyrus ...

A new Gaza peace plan requires Hamas to disarm and free remaining hostages. With Israel and Arab nations on board, WSJ’s Shayndi Raice explains how the deal now hinges on Hamas. Photo: Joey ...