In the vast and mysterious depths of prehistoric oceans, colossal creatures once ruled the waters. These marine giants, such ...

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Obsidian does not naturally occur in Alberta where the artifacts are being unearthed at Early Prehistoric archaeological ...

A theater that once overlooked ancient Lefkada in Greece is seeing the light of day more than a century after its initial ...

A New York father and NAACP leader is demanding his school district discontinue its new "Spartans" mascot, alleging the ...

Long ago in ancient India reigned a Greek king named Menander I Soter, a great conqueror and benefactor of Buddhism ...

On April 6, 1896, the Olympic Games were reborn in Athens, 1,500 years after Roman Emperor Theodosius I banned them in 393 ...

In a significant discovery from Ancient Rome, archaeologists have unearthed a mass grave of Roman soldiers beneath a soccer ...

Bactria, a huge area in todays' Afghanistan, was the eastern edge of the ancient Greek empire, established by Alexander the ...

In northwest Germany, near the site of the 1,600-year-old Roman military camp Anreppen, archaeologists discovered evidence of an ancient agricultural settlement.

Central to the plan is a planned air defense system, “Achilles Shield,” aimed at addressing tensions with neighbor Turkey.