Declassified 1970s-era U.S. spy satellite imagery has led a British-Iraqi archeological team to what they believe is the site ...

There is not a ton of evidence of what education looked like in ancient society, but we do know it existed - although not for ...

The history of human writing is being rewritten after archaeologists found the origins of words engraved on 6,000-year-old ...

The Battle of al-Qadisiyah was fought in Mesopotamia — in present-day Iraq — in the A.D. 630s between Arab Muslims and the army of the Sassanid Persian dynasty during a period of Muslim expansion. The ...

“The decisive battle heralded the end of the Sasanian Empire into the abyss and the expansion of Muslim territory into ...

A trip to Bucks County isn't really complete without a trip back 100 years to life in Pennsylvania when things were simpler.

A British-Iraqi archaeological team discovered the seventh-century Battle of al-Qadisiyah site using declassified 1970s U.S. spy satellite images. This battle marked a turning point in Islamic ...

Here, we explore six notable civilizations that have collapsed, shedding light on some of the causes behind their demise and ...

To find out, experts studied seals from Uruk, one of the earliest cities in Mesopotamia, which was a centre of immense ...

Revered abolitionist Harriet Tubman has been posthumously awarded the rank of general.