The Byzantine Empire maintained an intriguing relationship with ancient China, thus sending ambassadors there.

Explore the fascinating narrative of forgery and tax evasion in ancient Rome through the discovery of a remarkable Greek papyrus.

The Aztec Empire is among the most famous Mesoamerican societies that existed before the arrival of Europeans. Formed by three city-states in the valley of Mexico (Tenochtitlan, Texcoco, and Tlacopan) ...

What species will become the next rulers of Earth when humans are no longer dominant? Which creatures might inherit the throne?

The expansion of the Roman empire to Greece 2,100 years ago coincided with a rise in lead pollution as a by-product of an increased demand for metals, according to some of the earliest traces of of ...

Archaeologists Unearth 1100-Yr-Old Breast Plate With Cyrillic Text Meant to Protect the Wearer From Trouble and Evil ...

Corruption and the Decline of Rome,” by a Yale professor of classics and history, seemed a promising way to pick up some tips ...

The Russians were among the first Europeans to sense California's potential. Had they not sold their settlement there in 1841 ...

Lead contamination lead remained fairly low and localized in ancient Greece throughout the Bronze Age, the Classical period ...

The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire, created by writer Mike Butterworth and artist Don Lawrence, is to get its first, ...

The remains of Alexander the Great may lie under the streets of Alexandria, they may have been "eaten by a shark," or they ...

Director Christopher Nolan is set to reunite with one of the stars from his multi-award-winning film Oppenheimer for his next movie. The Inception director will follow up his Oscar win with an ...