History has long celebrated its ancient world pioneers, yet many great deeds of overlooked figures have faded with their names.

The mega structures of the ancient world are famously awe-inspiring. They showcase the ingenuity, ambition and ...

The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World have captured the imagination for thousands of years. Long before there was electricity, computers and heavy machinery, mankind's ingenuity throughout ...

The Department of History at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) invites applications for a full-time, substantiation-track post at the rank of assistant professor in the field of Ancient World ...

Geneticists have begun using old bones to make sweeping claims about the distant past. But their revisions to the human story are making some scholars of prehistory uneasy. A skull found at a ...

Across the world’s continental shelves, scientists are racing to reconstruct an ancient landscape that once stretched where ...

Reading the news these days is often a depressing and anxiety inducing task. The sources of these modern human malignancies are generally the same: male leaders who want to maintain economic, ...

Earth’s history has been marked by wars, majestic kingdoms, and monuments that have amazed the world. Each has left their ...