Two ancient powers fought for control of the known world The Punic Wars between Carthage and Rome were a century long struggle of ambition innovation and destruction that reshaped the map of the Medit ...

The project has been almost 100 years in the making, when one of the Ringling brothers bought thousands of works from the Metropolitan Museum of Art and took them home to Sarasota ...

The recent discovery of an ancient shipwreck’s cargo has illuminated Iron Age trade networks and revealed a previously lost Mediterranean seaport, challenging long-held assumptions about ancient ...

Archaeologists excavating the ancient city of Gortyna on the Greek island of Crete have made an unusual discovery: a life-size statue depicting a pig. The rare find, uncovered during July and August ...

As Turkey and Greece prepare for talks to calm a bitter maritime dispute, Ankara released a video this week glorifying a 16th century naval victory which led to the Ottoman Empire taking control of ...

In this webinar Hugh will share his research on the thousands of giant skeletons that have been found in North America and look at the phenomenon based upon the written evidence in the academic record ...

Doomed Egyptian queen Cleopatra has captured the imaginations of people all over the world for centuries. Archaeologists have ...

Newly discovered bust in an Egyptian underwater temple may depict Cleopatra, offering fresh clues to the queen’s elusive ...

Many relics of the people who have passed through the land over thousands of years are gone or in danger of disappearing ...

Explore the history of power couples through the lens of Justin Trudeau and Katy Perry's public romance. Discover how the ...

Erupting in AD 541–542 and returning for centuries, the Byzantine plague almost destroyed Justinian’s Byzantium.