The hunt for the Garden of Eden has usually belonged to theologians and dreamers, not software coders. Yet a computer ...

Indeed, any one of their military triumphs against the Syrians could have been considered the “miracle of Chanukah,” but it ...

From Homer to Philostratus, Ancient Greek sources describe Pygmies as dwarves at the world’s edge, fighting cranes and living ...

Uncovered near the submerged island of Antirhodos in Alexandria's Portus Magnus, this is the first ancient Egyptian party ...

Underwater archaeologists have uncovered an ancient Egyptian pleasure boat, which appears in art and writing but has never ...

New evidence suggests that alcohol was a surprisingly big motivator in our monumental transition from hunting and gathering to farming – but was beer really more important to us than bread?

Newly documented Old Kingdom offering tables reveal they were actually recycled pillar bases from a far earlier time. The precision of the original stonework contradicts the primitive tools attributed ...

80-million-year-old fossils revealed that this dyrosaurid species began to diversify millions of years earlier than previously thought, starting with evolutionary changes in its bite.

Ancient Egyptian pleasure boat found off Alexandria matches Strabo’s account, offering new insights into early Roman Egypt.

Less than a century after it was rediscovered, National Geographic's correspondent explored the ruins of Petra and found its ...

Crocodiles loomed large in the world of the ancient Egyptians. The Nile teemed with the lurking reptiles, and farmers, who made up most of the population, encountered them on a daily basis. While ...

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