Archaeologists in Peru have discovered a 5,000-year-old fire altar, offering insight into the life of the ancient Caral ...

Shi’s Star Catalog has been notoriously difficult to date, but new research suggests astronomers drafted it centuries before its Western counterpart.

Having a root from Mesopotamia during 4500 and 400 BCE, the Sumerian is the oldest civilization in the world ever recorded. Known as the ‘cradle of civilization’, this ancient urbanization is ...

Language has always been more than communication, it’s how civilizations preserved their culture, beliefs, and history.

The Olmec civilization, the first in Mesoamerica ... Ancient human figurines have been found. Some of the oldest known paintings in the world are in the Cave of the Castle, in Cantabria in ...

But now, the government of Peru has slashed the borders of the protected archaeological park that encompasses the Nazca Lines ...

Photos show the ancient circular structure where elites would set fire to offerings of beads, food or other items.

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Known as the “Star Manual of Master Shi,” the document is the oldest surviving star catalog ... France’s Center for Research on East Asian Civilizations, tells Live Science.

The oldest representation of the night sky and our Milky Way galaxy was found in an Egyptian sarcophagus, revealing ancient ...

Some of these laguages faded with time, while others found a way to survive, evolve and speak across centuries ...

Research shows that some of the world's oldest cities may have actually been located somewhere entirely unexpected.