Nearchus, the Navigator, bridged East and West with a daring voyage that reshaped ancient maritime strategy and trade routes.

For hundreds of years, Andean people recorded information by tying knots into long cords. Will we ever be able to read them?

A tomb that may have been built for a close friend of Alexander the Great may be aligned with the winter solstice.

A small illustrated vase exhibited in Athens offers rare insight on the cultic rituals of the mythological god Poseidon in ancient Greece.

Alexander the Great is known for building one of history’s largest empires, stretching from his hometown of Macedonia all the way to northwestern regions of India. In his short life Alexander ...