Well, at least that's the simplified story kids are taught in school ... science and history writing with a particular interest in archaeology, palaeontology, astronomy and human behavior.

If you’re like us, you’ve probably wondered what everyday stuff famous people add to their carts — like hair spray or an ...

The discovery of complex fish trapping networks from 4,000 years ago hint at how the Maya rose up as a civilization in ...

In 1886, mining engineer John T. Reid was told the Paiute legend of a giant people defeated by the natives near Lovelock, Nevada. The last of the giants met their fiery end deep within the bowels of a ...

We are the descendants of an ancient civilization; one which mastered technology, mapped the cosmos, and understood our relationship with the natural world. Our ancestors traveled the world and built ...

Using drones and Google Earth imagery, archaeologists have discovered a 4,000-year-old network of earthen canals in what’s ...

Consultation with experts throughout the continent and in Europe reveal that it is also the oldest firearm ever found inside ...

The early writing appears to date to around 2400 B.C.—preceding the previous most bygone examples by roughly 500 years.

Incised ashlar blocks found at a historic site in Jordan may have led to a major archaeological breakthrough. The stone blocks unearthed at a site just east of Dayr Allah in the western part of ...

The idea suggests prehistoric people built a ring of stone circles in modern-day Dartmoor National Park around the same time ...

Four small, clay tablets, unearthed in 2004, are finally gaining attention as possibly the first evidence of an alphabet, but ...

Kids love a good story, and there’s no greater story than the history of our world. Understanding history is essential to ...