With artificial intelligence (AI) as an essential tool, San Diego State University researchers have discovered surprising similarities among ancient writing systems from Africa and the Caucasus region ...

A king long dismissed as myth, often compared to an ancient African 'King Arthur,' has been confirmed as a real.

Lansana Keita rejected Eurocentric ideas, tracing the philosophical tradition back to African Kemet or ancient Egypt ...

Fragments of decorated ostrich eggshells. (Texier et al., J. Archaeol. Sci., 2013) Ancient humans were surprisingly creative, ...

Scientists from the University of Colombia have found an ancient "ghost" DNA genome that existed in South America over 6,000 ...

Explore honey hunting in Africa, where greater honeyguides work with humans in a rare and vanishing wildlife partnership.

Ancient Egypt in North Africa was one of the most powerful and influential civilizations in the region for over 3,000 years, from around 3100 B.C to 30 B.C. It left behind numerous monuments, ...

Stretching across two-thirds of our planet, Asia harbors secrets that span millions of years of human history. From the ...

Around 40,000 years ago, Paleolithic people inscribed bone with symbols that appear to be part of some sort of writing system.

President Trump’s latest statements about discussions with Iran don’t necessarily signal an end in sight to the war, but they ...

Literary masterworks like Le Guin's A Wizard of Earthsea and Tolkien's The Hobbit are foundational efforts that have come to ...

Animated gems like Beauty and the Beast and classics like The Wizard of Oz are among the best fantasy movies released before ...