Ever wondered what your hometown looked like centuries ago? Thanks to a hidden feature in Google Earth, you can now step back ...

From 400-year-old globes to cosmic funeral shrouds, how the Osher Map Library in Maine shows people that maps aren't just for navigation — but windows into history, culture, and how we see the world.

This article follows our family as we visit the Ancient Agora of Athens. Plus, learn about the history of this iconic ...

Unearthed off the coast of Alexandria, the vessel may have once measured 115 feet long. Experts think it would have held a "luxuriously decorated cabin" and a team of 20 rowers ...

To boost our understanding of a little-known civilization that thrived more than 3,000 years ago, scientists have built an ...

In areas under siege, the growing of fruits and vegetables and the keeping of livestock have always provided a lifeline for desperate urban populations. Lessons from siege warfare in modern times ...

The Nomination files produced by the States Parties are published by the World Heritage Centre at its website and/or in working documents in order to ensure transparency, access to information and to ...

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For the past several hundred years, historians and archaeologists have been doggedly working to solve one of the world’s largest jigsaw puzzles: the Forma Urbis Romae. Sometimes known as the Severan ...

The Pylos Combat Agate, found in the Griffin Warrior’s grave, is an extraordinarily fine seal stone measuring only 1.4 inches wide. It depicts the final moments of a battle among three ...