Ancient written languages emerged as a revolutionary development in human history, allowing civilizations to record important ...

Carvings on a 12,000-year-old monument in Turkey appear to mark solar days and years, making it possibly the oldest solar calendar in ancient civilization. Marking a massive comet strike as the start, ...

Claims that a “world’s oldest pyramid” has been found in Indonesia have raced around social media, promising a 25,000-year ...

The discovered fossil predates Homo erectus and could change what we know about ancient civilizations. Archaeologists have discovered fossilized facial bones of an ancient human race which lived ...

There are 195 countries in the world. Of these, some have roots that can be traced back thousands of years. The concept of a country or nation-state is relatively modern, but many regions have ancient ...

The wealthiest grave containing the oldest golden artifacts ever found from the 5th millennium BC was discovered in the 1970s ...

The country dates back to 3200 BC. Determining a country's exact age is not always straightforward. It is very hard to pinpoint the exact moment a nation officially began because borders shift, ...