While on a hike with her family, a child stumbled across a 3,800-year-old Egyptian amulet. It will go on display in an ...

Genomes sequenced from 7,000-year-old mummies in the Sahara have revealed a previously unknown population that inhabited the ...

A youth pastor and father of five in Kansas convicted of attempting to murder his wife and children and setting his home on fire read from the Bible during a public apology. Johnson County District ...

Were the Hittites of the Bible the same as those of the Hittite Empire? While this is a common assumption, what do the facts ...

What false historical information appeared online on April Fool’s Day this year? Did a Hittite document really prove the Trojan War?

A new show illuminates the rich artistic wonders that arose out of the 400 years of commerce between the Republic of Venice ...

The militias that control the Druse religious minority’s heartland in southwestern Syria have resisted the new government’s attempts to bring all armed groups under its control.

The rich history of ancient Egypt involves power struggles, amazing feats of engineering, advances in writing and art, and ...

The discovery sheds some light on a "lost" dynasty of pharaohs who ruled during a little-understood time in ancient Egypt's ...

By delivering newspapers, munitions and secret messages to resistance groups, among many other incredible tasks, the brave ...

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