When countries open up to the free exchange of goods and ideas, the result can be a historic golden age. But trade is rarely ...

Recent archaeological discoveries have unveiled ruins believed to be part of a civilization dating back 20,000 years, ...

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With so many "lost cities" being discovered, it's natural that ancient civilizations would fascinate us, especially the advanced ones. Many assume technological advancement is a modern phenomenon ...

A Celtic settlement unearthed in the Czech Republic yielded over 22,000 bags of artifacts including gold coins, jewelry and ...

One of history's biggest questions is: "How does an entire civilization disappear?" One can comprehend how an object or even a city is lost, buried, or destroyed, but an entire group or nation of ...

Here, yours truly will share the only fair and balanced evaluation of thousands and thousands of years worth of history — 10 ancient civilizations ranked by how much this writer thinks about them on a ...

Archaeologists have made a startling discovery in Iraq with a potential to rewrite the known human history.Experts have found ...

24/7 Wall St. Insights Roman, Egyptian, and Chinese civilizations had many different ingenious inventions. Chocolate was a big aphrodisiac for Mesoamerican civilizations and used for energy. The ...