During Japan's Kofun Period (250–538 AD), no fully centralized imperial state governed the archipelago, but a powerful Yamato polity was gradually consolidating authority over much of western Japan.

Travelers are ditching resorts and reaching for something older — these are the ancient ruins worth building an entire trip ...

The history of the Acropolis of Lindos in Rhodes is as old as the history of Ancient Greece; tradition has Lindos joining in ...

To arrive in Xi’an, China, is to enter a city where history does not simply sit behind glass. It stands on ramparts, rises from excavated earth, scents the air with cumin and fresh bread, glows in ...

Archaeologists in Sweden have discovered two rare 2,500-year-old bronze neck rings inside an ancient burial site, calling the find highly unusual.

Across the United States, monuments and memorials serve as physical reminders of the country’s wars, presidents, ideals, ...

The Stone Age in Britain took place between around 15000BC to 2500BC. The Mesolithic period is known as the middle stone age. Stone Age people cut up their food with sharpened stones and cooked it on ...

It took a huge effort to build Stonehenge. The only tools the builders had were made of stone, wood and rope! Only a few stones are left standing today. More than 4,000 years ago a small ring of ...

What if the ancient ruins we admire today aren’t entirely original this eye opening exploration reveals how many famous historical sites have been heavily reconstructed altered or even reinvented over ...

This theory-driven exploration asks whether some ancient stone monuments in Europe might be later reconstructions of much older sacred sites. Using examples such as Newgrange and the megalithic ...

While devices like smartphones and laptops are ubiquitous now, these machines weren't always so common. The origins of computing go back well before the advent of electronic machines. From the abacus ...