This was the Piri Reis map, a world chart compiled in 1513 by the Ottoman admiral and cartographer Piri Reis. While the map is famous for its early depiction of the Americas, a new wave of academic ...

Discover 25 mind bending facts that will break your sense of time. From Oxford predating the Aztecs to Cleopatra's proximity ...

The texts span a vast expanse of time. The oldest shards date back to the third century B.C.E., featuring tax receipts penned ...

At the heart of the story is the spirit of invention and innovation and collaboration and competitiveness birthed at the dawn ...

Herlaugshaugen is one of Norway's largest burial mounds, measuring over 60 meters (almost 200 feet) in diameter and rising to ...

A new study reveals birdsongs influenced Egyptian hieroglyphs, showing that ancient bird calls shaped some of the earliest ...

The site holds three prominent mounds, known as Koms A, B, and C, with Kom C selected for investigation due to its history ...

A new list highlights some of the world’s oldest countries based on their ancient roots and long history. These nations have existed for thousands of years and have shaped culture, science and society ...

You can compare throwing one of these ancient dice to a coin toss – although this discovery also underscores that dice are ...

The work demonstrates the power of ancient DNA to illuminate human biology and medicine in addition to history. A massive ...

Firstly,I have always had unanswered questions about certain narratives about our history and trajectory as Ghanaians .

Kunyu Wanguo Quantu and maritime artefacts prove China explored the world earlier than Eurocentric accounts suggest, scholar ...