Nimrod, the first biblical king after the floods, has been the object of mystery and intrigue to historians and biblical ...

Stories set in ancient worlds beyond Egypt, Greece and Rome offer a rare sense of distance and depth. These historical books ...

Ancient microbes on walls yield clues. June 10, 2011 — -- King Tut, silent in Egypt's Valley of the Kings for 3,000 years, may still have secrets to reveal. Researchers, examining what remains of ...

Curiosity about the past isn’t just academic. It’s a way of understanding who we are and how we became this version of humanity. These reads go beyond dates and dynasties, offering power struggles, ...

Excavations in Iraq have unearthed the remains of a massive relief depicting both the last great ruler of the Assyrian empire and two deities. The remains—missed by archaeologists for more than a ...

Archaeologists excavating the ruins of an ancient Assyrian king’s throne room in Iraq found a massive 26,000-pound carving, a university said. Photo from Schmitt via Heidelberg University Sifting ...