Renowned for their sense of commerce and diplomacy along the Silk Road from Antiquity to the High Middle Ages, the Sogdians ...

Since time immemorial, megaliths have fascinated archaeologists, historians, and travelers alike. These enormous stone ...

Author Oliver Smith spent many childhood days exploring a prehistoric mound near his grandparents’ house in Wales. As an ...

A pair of landmark studies, published Wednesday in the journal Nature, has finally identified the originators of the ...

This charming hilltop village is one of the most beautiful in France. Wander its cobbled streets and explore historic sites ...

By 1600 b.c., less than one in 20 bones found at sites in the Levant typically come from pigs, and most of those appear to be ...

Megalithic structures in India are often overlooked. There is so much waiting to be explored between these stones and their ...

Just a short two-hour plane ride away, this is a beautiful town with sea, mountains, history, and architecture all in one ...

Norfolk has the largest concentration of medieval churches in the world. Almost 1000 were built, and today an incredible 639 ...

We’re all familiar with Stonehenge and the Great Pyramids of Giza, but did you know that Skara Brae is older than both?

Skara Brae's remarkable survival through the ages is thanks to the design of the original builders who buried the stone-slab walls up to roof level in clay soil and waste material in order to provide ...

The DNA study was split into two papers since Russian and Ukrainian researchers couldn't co-author, Nature reported.