Israeli archaeologist Yigael Yadin uncovered an extraordinary cache of artifacts inside the Cave of Letters in the Judean Desert.

The story of the Garden of Eden has fascinated people for millennia, with countless scholars and amateur enthusiasts trying to pinpoint its true location.

Football, known as soccer in the United States, remains the world’s most popular sport. For generations England has proudly ...

Archaeologists at the Áspero archaeological site in western Peru in the Lima region have unearth a unique burial of an elite woman from the ancient Caral civilization, the oldest-known culture in the ...

An archaeological dig at the future site of a Gloucestershire University building—formerly home to a department store—has ...

Peng Zhou/The ConversationChina’s final dynasty experienced severe difficulties based on its internal contradictions, and was unable to absorb the introduction of important new technologies without di ...

Peng Zhou/The ConversationIn the sweltering summer of 18 AD, a desperate chant echoed across China’s sun-scorched plains: ...

At Ancient Origins, we believe that one of the most important fields of knowledge we can pursue as human beings is our beginnings. And while some people may seem content with the story as it stands, ...

In the arid desert of southern Iraq, the remains of one of the world’s oldest cities can be found. This is Eridu, created by ...