In an archaeological first, German researchers have found a depiction of major Assyrian deities carved onto a relief.

Nineveh was the capital of the Assyrian empire. Researchers from the University of Heildelberg have made a spectacular ...

In the ruins of the ancient Assyrian metropolis Nineveh, in modern Iraq, researchers have unearthed a rare artifact: a ...

They lived off the sea, consuming oysters. Today, piles of ancient oyster shells are noticeable to people like Holland-Lulewicz, trained to see anomalies in soil layers. In some locations ...

The ancient Maya, whose world was one of vivid cultural practices and strict hierarchy, with rulers playing an essential role mediating between the gods and mere mortals, developed a deep interest ...

But what exactly is the Conclave, and how long is it set to last? Here's everything you need to know about this ancient process of choosing the leader of the Vatican. Conclave is an extremely ...

The Music Record is right in front of you as soon as you enter the area ...

Members of New Mexico’s Picuris Pueblo Tribal Nation have long told stories about having descended from ancient North American ancestors. Genetic evidence now backs up what Picuris people ...

By analyzing the age and chemical makeup of ancient rock samples taken from the area, the researchers concluded that these mountains were part of a much older segment of the Louisville volcanic ...

Members of Picuris Pueblo, an Indigenous American tribe based near Taos, New Mexico, knew they were connected to ancient settlements at Chaco Canyon, 275 kilometres to the west. Picuris oral ...

In a rare collaboration with geneticists and archaeologists, a federally recognized tribe in the United States has utilized ancient DNA to establish a genetic link to an important ancestral heritage ...

It formed about a thousand years after Mesopotamia’s Sumer, at around the same time the ancient Egyptians built the pyramids. The Caral people predate the more-famous Olmec civilization ...