Long before Columbus set sail, humans had already reached the Americas thousands of years earlier, during the closing ...

The Olmecs (and no, not the talking head from Legends of the Hidden Temple), were one of the most influential civilizations in the early Americas.

The Old Copper Culture represents one of North America’s most fascinating and overlooked ancient civilizations. Flourishing thousands of years ago in regions surrounding the Great Lakes, these early ...

When discussing the ancient world and how it impacts us today, there’s perpetually a massive tunic-clad and public-bathing elephant in the room: the Roman Empire. According to a recent social media ...

Ancient Wari leaders used psychedelic beer to forge alliances and expand their empire, new archaeological data suggests, revealing early social control through psychoactive substances.

Science Ancient civilizations may have tracked solar eclipses A petroglyph in Chaco Canyon south of Mesa Verde may represent a total solar eclipse that happened more than 900 years ago.

Roman, Egyptian, and Chinese civilizations had many different ingenious inventions. Chocolate was a big aphrodisiac for Mesoamerican civilizations and used for energy. The first earthquake ...

Almost every culture on earth has myths about solar eclipses, going back to the earliest human history, experts in myth and folklore say.

Social psychologists could turn artificial-intelligence-powered tools like ChatGPT on to writings from past cultures. Will this help us study ancient civilizations?