New research suggests seabird guano helped transform the Chincha Kingdom into one of the most prosperous societies in ancient Peru. Chemical clues in centuries-old maize show farmers fertilized their ...

Sudan has more surviving pyramids than Egypt, and many of them belong to the Nubian Kingdom of Kush. Kayleigh traces how ...

Police today raided the homes of eight accused in the Ayodhya Ram Temple embezzlement case and recovered Rs 79.85 lakh.

History Hit’s Tristan Hughes returns to the British Museum to get a special look at items from their upcoming touring exhibition Ancient Sudan: enduring heritage, an exploration into the Kushite ...

Though Tartessos influenced trade routes and gold exchange, there are few written records and scattered archaeological sites. Despite its importance, Tartessos remains an enigma for many historians ...

Excavators recently uncovered a "mysterious and impressive" ancient tunnel in Jerusalem, not far from archaeological sites tied to the biblical Kingdom of Judah. The discovery was announced by the ...

The usual suspects are up in arms at the news Lupita Nyong’o will play the mythic beauty in the new movie The Odyssey. Our Writer at Large ...

Archaeologists believe the site at Sanxingdui may be the ancient capital of the Shu kingdom. Excavations reveal organized city zones, possible palace foundations, and six large sacrificial pits filled ...

Roman Forum, in the center - the columns of the Temple of Saturn, followed by the Arch of Septimius Severus. Rome. Italy.© BAHDANOVICH ALENA/Shutterstock.com Throughout history, empires have risen and ...

The British Museum postponed a sold-out Jewish Culture Month lecture on ancient Israel and Judah on Thursday after the London institution said it learned that some registered attendees planned to ...

Seeds seem insignificant when first held in the hand, but scientists and historians from the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) discovered that a few grains of cereal can be powerful indicators of ...

Gebel Barkal in Nubia (Sudan). Credit: LassiHU / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0 The Nile’s flooding patterns sustained the Kush civilization for over a thousand years, building fertile land that ...