Today, the scarab remains a focus of popular devotion through a tourist tradition: people circle it - often seven times - seeking luck, love, or a wish fulfilled, echoing (in a modern, secular form) ...

Scientists at MIT have found compelling chemical evidence that Earth’s earliest animals were likely ancient sea sponges.

Now, a 3,300-year-old Egyptian text preserved in the British Museum is once again fueling one of the Bible's most controversial debates: were the giants of the Old Testament rooted in real historical ...

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to CuriousKidsUS@theconversation.com. Why are so many statues naked? – Artie, age 12, ...

Of Jesus’ 12 disciples, Saint Peter is one of the most important. In the Book of Matthew, Jesus declares that Peter is the “rock” on which “I will build my church,” and Catholic tradition considers ...

An international team of archaeologists and scientists has reconstructed the diets of prehistoric communities from north-central Poland, shedding new light on how people adapted to changing ...

Major milestone reached in digital Cuneiform studies: Researchers present an innovative tool that offers many new possibilities. The UNESCO World Heritage Site of Boğazköy-Hattuša is located in the ...

The first historically recorded pandemic is believed to have struck the walled city of Jirash, in what is now modern-day ...

Homer's Epics, Iliad and Odyssey, brought the ideas of Greek civilization to the world, serving as the foundation of Western literature.

The small islet of Agios Petros, north of Alonissos, Greece, is believed to be the oldest submerged settlement of the Aegean.

Despite historical records saying otherwise, Roman babies were mourned at death, research into unique plaster burials from ...