English archaeologist Jessica Rawson's book Life and Afterlife in Ancient China Photo: Courtesy of CITIC Press Group. In the ...

A Celtic settlement unearthed in the Czech Republic yielded over 22,000 bags of artifacts including gold coins, jewelry and pottery from the La Tène period, according to officials.

While much of Sogdian culture may be lost to time, some of their structures still stand, including the ruins of an ornate ...

Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the ...

Aim for who/what/when/where/why/how type facts formatted like so: Ancient China began as a group of isolated communities during the Stone Age and eventually grew into ...

Water has memory they say and what would it reveal if someone followed its ways? Fortunately, the most remarkable heritage sites of antique societies are dotted along the coastlines and riverbanks of ...

Long before paleontology, ancient civilizations stumbled upon massive bones buried in the earth. With no science to explain them, these fossils became the foundation for terrifying legends and ...

Long before fancy serums in dropper bottles and $300 night creams, ancient civilizations had their own sophisticated approaches to achieving luminous, healthy skin. While we typically imagine ancient ...

Greece outlines priorities for chairing the Ancient Civilizations Forum, focusing on the deepening of cultural ties with Peru and the UAE.