Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ancient civilizations accomplished feats of engineering that continue to challenge modern understanding. Despite advances in ...

The discovery, located in Grindasundet near the village of Telavåg, is the first time such physical evidence has been found underwater and linked to the oldest recorded Norwegian laws. "The newly ...

Deep in the Amazon rainforest, researchers have uncovered an ancient structure that rivals the size of some modern cities. Utilizing advanced technologies like LIDAR, scientists have revealed vast, ...

Everyone knows that history is full of battles, knights, castles, and fortresses, and that each place around the globe has its own stories to tell. Ukraine is one such country that’s full of ancient ...

Debunking alien claims matters, but so does telling richer, more compelling stories about how humans shaped their own past.

A major restoration of the Colosseum has given it a bright new look, using the same travertine stone Roman builders used 2,000 years ago.

According to the team who found it, the structures were an ancient urban complex that sank into the ocean 6,000 years ago.

Istanbul is where East meets West, where history and modernity collide. The city was also built along one of the world’s most active fault lines. In the next 30 years, geophysicists predict Istanbul ...

The Chachapoya remain one of the lesser known pre-Hispanic cultures of South America. This is partly down to geography. As suggested by their epithet “people of the cloud forest,” the Chachapoya ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." The Konbaung Dynasty (1752 to 1885)—also known as the Third Burmese Empire—was the last dynasty to rule ...

A new study reveals that democracy was not limited to ancient Greece, showing shared governance existed across ancient societies worldwide.