Remarkably preserved footprints of Homo erectus and Paranthropus boisei offer direct evidence that extinct hominin species ...

In the new study, researchers compared digital 3-D models of ancient hominid footprints and trackways to those made by people today — including Kenyan herders who rarely or never wear shoes — ...

Found etched into clay cylinders in Syria, the strange symbols date to around 2400 B.C.E.—500 years before other known ...

A new discovery of the world's oldest known alphabetic writing was made at Tell Umm-el Marra, an urban site in Syria that can ...

designated a World Heritage site by the United Nations body UNESCO. The historic village of Mhaibib, home to an ancient shrine, and the town of Nabatiyeh, which had a centuries-old souk ...

During excavations amid the early stages of expanding low carbon heating to thousands of homes along Old Kent Road in London, archaeologists found physical evidence of an ancient Roman road.

The contents of German soldier's World War II grave found in the Polish ... Archaeologists working for the park found a collection of ancient ceramic pottery which they say dates back to the ...

New Delhi, Nov 14 (PTI) A set of six books, featuring translated Sanskrit shlokas about six Hindu gods and goddesses, brings the rich tapestry of Hindu mythology to young readers on the occasion of ...

What and how one learned depended on one's place in society. In ancient times, much like today, education was highly valued. Subjects could range from reading and writing to philosophy and ethics.

Based on ancient technology, this unique attraction ... the ruins of the Sutro Baths, once the world’s largest saltwater swimming pool open to the public, and the Coastal Trail, a 3-mile out ...

The city was once a settlement during Egypt’s Roman period, which started in 30 B.C. and lasted until the Muslim conquest in 641 A.D. New York University’s Institute for the Study of the Ancient World ...

A mummified ice age cub from Siberia is the first known mummy of a sabre-toothed cat, and its discovery is generating ripples of excitement among paleontologists. The mummy's exceptional ...