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

One of the most outstanding messengers in ancient history was Euchid, who gained fame for his journey following the Battle of ...

Could ancient humans really have built the pyramids without extraterrestrial help? Or do such questions reveal more about modern anxieties than the past itself?

Ancient DNA reveals that the Goths of eastern Europe, some of whom would ultimately sack the city of Rome, may have been a mix of peoples from three continents ...

War was a prominent event in ancient Greece, whether between city states or against foreign powers. However, laws controlled the violence.

Step into ancient Athens and discover how St. Paul challenged centuries of Greek tradition with the Christian message in the ...

Cocaine didn't make its way across the Atlantic until after the Spanish invaded. So how did cocaine end up being found on ...

These Bay Area men have mammoth problems. Two friends from Petaluma have been arrested after smashing a woolly mammoth tusk while roughhousing at the Ancient Ozarks Natural History Museum in Missouri.

Stretching across two-thirds of our planet, Asia harbors secrets that span millions of years of human history. From the ...

Apparently, this approach for remembering grocery lists, house chores, deliveries, and the like was also a huge part of life for ancient Egyptians living over 2,000 years ago—something for which ...

An Egyptian-German archaeological mission has unearthed a staggering 13,000 inscribed pottery fragments, known as ostraca, at the ancient site of Athribis in Sohag, Upper Egypt, including over 130 ...

In ancient Rome, putting on theatrical plays was not just a form of entertainment – it became a powerful tool of propaganda ...