In Caral, Peru, on April 20, 2026, archaeologists uncovered a circular two-level structure in Áspero linked to astronomy and ...

The oldest continuously inhabited city on Earth is over 10,000 years old - and it’s in Syria. Damascus has witnessed the rise ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Carvings on a 12,000-year-old monument in Turkey appear to mark solar days and years, making it possibly the oldest solar calendar in ancient ...

Award-winning filmmakers Haya Fatima Iqbal and Nadir Siddiqui take readers inside the epic task of chronicling Mohenjo ...

The existential question of which countries are the oldest has long intrigued historians, and for good reason. However, defining what makes a country "old" is challenging, as it depends on historical ...

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In a remarkable archaeological breakthrough, researchers at the Áspero archaeological site in Peru have unearthed a complex stone structure that served as an ancient astronomical observatory. The ...

Scientists have for the first time sequenced the most complete and oldest ancient Egyptian genome ever found—unlocking new secrets from the Old Kingdom. This facial reconstruction of an ancient ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: An ancient monument discovered in Turkey may just be an ancient monument. But, if its markings are what experts think they are, it might be the world ...