The oldest evidence for human ancestors using fire, dating back to between 1 million and 1.5 million years ago, comes from a ...

What is the oldest country in the world? Depending on who you ask, you’ll get a variety of responses. Some might say it’s a ...

Published in Zürich in 1525, Lucas Cranach the Elder’s map came at a moment when the modern idea of nation-states was only ...

Human rights groups say the world must pay more attention to the assault on one of Africa’s oldest Christian communities.

Uzbekistan's new Islamic Civilization Center, which officially opens to the public in March 2026, has welcomed the award of the prestigious international prize, the Prix Avicenne 2025. Amid the ...

The British Museum is well placed to refer to the discovery of the Library of Ashurbanipal as “one of the most important” ...

Archaeological evidence from sites like Madjedbebe suggested an arrival date of approximately 65,000 years ago, while genetic analyses consistently pointed to a much more recent timeframe of 47,000 to ...

A series of severe, decades-long droughts ushered the end of the Indus Valley Civilization, one of the world's oldest ...

The Liangzhu ruins gained UNESCO World Heritage status in 2019 as a testimony to the existence of Chinese civilization at least 5,000 years ago. More than 350 sites of the Liangzhu civilization, which ...

According to National Geographic, the map depicts distances between gates in the wall surrounding the Mesopotamian city of Nippur, but for decades experts questioned its accuracy. The locations of ...

A breakthrough discovery at the British Museum has unveiled a fascinating connection between ancient Babylonian maps and biblical history. Researchers have decoded the Imago Mundi, a 3,000-year-old ...