Archaeologists in Spain found a single elephant bone among Carthaginian weapons, offering rare physical evidence linked to ...

While Odysseus and Achilles fought for the same cause, they embody two different approaches to ancient Greek heroism.

The world’s oldest known cave art shows how early humans crossed oceans, offering rare insight into ancient migration routes.

Ancient handprint on Sulawesi cave wall suggests complexity of thought, challenging long-held belief that human intelligence ...

Ancient Greek Tyrant Agathocles of Syracuse led a daring invasion of Africa, shaping Sicily’s history and influencing ...

A deep look at the most graffiti-filled corridor in all of Pompeii revealed 79 new inscriptions from over 2,000 years ago, ...

Europe might not be the birthplace of human symbolic culture as previously thought. International scientists have discovered ...

The stencil, which had remained largely unnoticed amidst more recent paintings of animals and figures, is now the oldest artwork ever discovered. In fact, it is so old that it offers a rare glimpse ...

The cultural and scientific revolutions that define the Renaissance were kickstarted in large part by Europe’s rediscovery of lost Roman sculpture. Inspiring the likes of Raphael, Donatello, ...

Researchers have uncovered evidence of an Indigenous artistic tradition that was painted along the U.S.-Mexico border for roughly 175 generations. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

Egyptian officials are frantically searching for an ancient limestone painting taken from an ancient tomb — the latest in a series of high-profile artifact thefts. Mohamed Ismail, secretary-general of ...

The petroglyphs were discovered in prominently visible locations on cliff sides and boulder facades.(all photos via Nature Communications per CC BY 4.0) A trove of life-sized animal rock engravings ...