Humans have been getting ink for at least 5,200 years. Here are some of the most intriguing ancient tattoos, from cultic symbols to complex horse motifs. The remains of the intricately tattooed body ...

The markings on a pillar in southern Turkey are more than decorations on the stone, a researcher at the University of Edinburgh says. They may memorialize a time when comet fragments struck Earth. By ...

Over the past two decades, exhibits like Gods in Color and Chroma have popularized the idea that the ancient world was awash in color. But what do we really know about how ancient peoples understood ...

Board games might involve a race to a finish line, as in Sorry! or that ubiquitous first board game for kids, Candyland. Or they might entail a strategic battle for dominance, as in chess or checkers.

With an intensive athletes’ boot camp and the threat of execution for unwelcome spectators, the Greek sporting event was a serious affair Sonja Anderson - Daily Correspondent From the real reason ...

Being called "ancient" might not be a compliment, but having an ancient baby name is a different story. Ancient baby names are the perfect choice for parents looking for a name unlikely to be repeated ...

Researchers visit an ancient pyramid in Peru in NOVA's Ancient Builders of the Amazon. Image Credit: Federico Pardo for NOVA/GBH For 50 years, NOVA has taken viewers on adventures through time and ...

Ancient Egyptian bust. How did ancient cultures view the mind, the brain, and their relationships? Source: Julia Kadel | Unsplash The German psychologist Hermann Ebbinghaus wrote in 1908 that ...

Primordials Legends: Hollow Hero is a game where you play as an anthropomorphic wombat with special powers. Need we say more? In this new footage, we get a look at Brunt - the combat wombat - in ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. It depends how you define ancient Egypt, said Aidan Dodson, an Egyptology professor at the ...