In antiquity and now, inconsistency and illogicality lie at the heart of the human effort to imagine what happens when we’re dead ...

Excavations on unpromising mounds in the Iraqi desert revealed Sumer’s earliest city. Surviving relics and a rebuilt temple have given experts more clues about the ancient metropolis of Eridu.

Authorities on the Greek island of Crete have arrested six people allegedly involved in an antiquities smuggling operation ...

The Olympic flame still burns brightly in Ancient Olympia in the Peloponnese, where the modern-day games have their Greek ...

Open-world games don't have to be massive to be immersive. These games offer pint-sized open-world maps jam-packed with ...

The wildly popular Greek getaway destination has two hidden threats, and scientists are currently working to establish when a ...

Southeastern Italy may be better known for its beaches and burrata, but it’s also layered with ancient Greek and Roman ...

(THE CONVERSATION) The so-called Thucydides Trap has become a staple of foreign policy commentary over the past decade or so, regularly invoked to frame the escalating rivalry between the United ...

The showdown between the ancient Greek city states and the Achaemenid Empire of Persia was one of the pivotal moments of ...

From dating artifacts to marveling the ancient ... in the world, out of which 193 are members of the United Nations. These are facts. But who came first? China, Italy, India, Egypt , Greece ...

Dubbed the "world’s first computer", the Antikythera ... Believed by some to be an ancient Greek "computer", it was thought to track the cycles of the Moon, Sun and planets - and even predict ...

An ancient jawbone discovered in Taiwan belonged to an enigmatic group of early human ancestors called Denisovans, scientists reported Thursday. Relatively little is known about Denisovans ...