The University community is recognizing Black History Month with scholarly programs spanning the month, opening with a Princeton Public Library book talk and closing with a daylong symposium hosted by ...

Using the fossil record and modern cold-blooded critters, paleontologist Kelsey Jenkins recreates the hearing capabilities of ...

Archaeologists have found 5,000-year-old ancient Egyptian rock art in the Sinai Desert that depicts the conquest of the region. Archaeologists have discovered 5,000-year-old rock art in the Sinai ...

The University of Kentucky’s Department of History is honoring the anniversary of the nation's founding with their ...

Every year a committee, comprised of graduate students and one faculty member, organizes a yearlong series of lectures by prominent scholars, curators and visual artists on various topics in art ...

One of Israel’s leading archaeologists, he found evidence that the writing of the Old Testament likely began much earlier than historians had thought.

For the first time, scientists have reconstructed the ancient genomes of human betaherpesvirus 6A and 6B (HHV-6A/B) from archaeological human remains more than two millennia old. The study, led by the ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The Dmanisi Hominid Archaeological Site is home to the oldest hominid fossils in Europe, and many studies have tried to sort through the fossils to ...

According to the World Health Organization, about 280 million people worldwide have depression and about one billion have a mental health problem of any kind. People living in the ancient world also ...

This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. The historian Rob Boddice sat cross-legged on his couch in Montreal on a frigid day last winter and conjured ...

This lecture explores the origins and development of coinage during the Archaic period. It examines when, where, and why coinage was first introduced, how it was produced, and the ways in which it was ...

Ancient Lost Worlds and Hidden History. On location videos made by author and adventurer Brien Foerster exploring Peru, Bolivia, Egypt, Hawaii, Easter Island and other exotic places. With special ...