History

Throughout history, sieges have been a testament to the resilience, strategy, and endurance of both attackers and defenders. Cities and fortresses have become centers of some of the most exciting and unusual military endeavors. The military cunning of invaders and...

One of the most enduring art forms from ancient Greece is that of theater. Greek tragedies and comedies are a touchstone for understanding ancient Greece's culture -- from Euripedes to Sophocoles -- and their written forms are still widely...

In the summer Olympics of 1896 in Athens Spyros Louis took advantage of the opportunity to impress his love.

In a recent announcement from the ESSECI Studio Press Office, authorities found missing parts of a precious artwork, the Golden Tree of Lucignano. This masterpiece was created by a famous goldsmith named Gabriello D'Antonio from Siena. The Golden Tree of...

Nebraska and China might seem pretty different, but they both have something ancient in common: a group of primates that lived thirty million years ago. These primates came to North America way before our modern human ancestors did. The name...

The recent study conducted at TraceoLab at the University of Liège has provided new insights into the early history of hunting techniques among hunter-gatherers who settled on the banks of the Haine River in today's southern Belgium around thirty-one...

Beneath an Indonesian hill, there's a massive underground pyramid that's much older than Stonehenge or the Giza Pyramids. This ancient wonder is Gunung Padang. On the island of West Java, you'll find a unique hill covered in old stone structures....

Archaeologists in Mexico found an old, round building that might have been used for worship by a Maya group a thousand years ago. They dug up this interesting two-story structure at a place called El Tigre in the Campeche...

The discovery of an ancient site in the North Sea on the British island of Orkney has provided archaeologists with a remarkable "feat of engineering" that predates the renowned pyramids of Egypt by nearly a thousand years. This Neolithic site...

Archaeologists working on Sulawesi, an island in Indonesia, have discovered something extraordinary. They found two ancient and lethal items around seven thousand years old. These items are tiger shark teeth which were used as blades. The new discovery has been...