Ancient

The Citadelle Laferrière is a largely early 19th-century fortress situated on the Bonnet à l'Evêque mountaintop in Nord, Haiti.

Sigiriya is a rock fortress in Sri Lanka's Matale District near Dambulla.

The Thirteen Treasures of the Island of Britain are a series of items in late-medieval Welsh tradition. Lists of the…

The Maya left behind an amazing book - “Popol-Vuh” (translated as “The Book of the People”)- about the world’s creation…

In an ancient synagogue long abandoned, archaeologists stumbled upon 1600-year-old mosaics.

Bastet (Bast) is the supreme goddess of Ancient Egypt. The patroness of the hearth, love, fertility, lover of fun, singing,…

A French-Egyptian team discovered the 4,500-year-old diary of Merer, an official with 40 elite workmen who helped build Pharaoh Khufu's…

An archaeologist, in a careful study of the Paracas culture, discovered a unique find. This ancient culture of Paracs existed…

The front side shows intertwined long-necked lions (“serpopards”), held on leashes by two bearded men.

Figures with hoods and cloaks that have been carved into stone may be seen in a number of locations around…

We answer various myths and legends about hard historical questions.

The history of the Americas begins about 20,000 years ago, when, at the height of the Ice Age, the first…