At Ancient Origins, we believe that one of the most important fields of knowledge we can pursue as human beings is our beginnings. And while some people may seem content with the story as it stands, ...

Explore Xi'an, the incredible ancient city and the ‘birthplace of civilisation,' home to the Terracotta Army and countless ...

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Linguists and archaeologists have long argued about which group of ancient people spoke the original Indo-European language. A new study in the journal Nature throws a new theory into the fray.

They also found arrowheads made of flint, a material associated with ancient trade from Yemen and Oman, with traces of ochre ... “The discovery is unique and it enables us to touch small but important ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a Hellenistic-era (Greek) sanctuary in Ponte, Italy during the construction of a high-speed railway between Naples and Bari. This extraordinary find provides new evidence ...

"The discovery is unique and it enables us to touch small but important historical moments of the people who traversed the desert through this place centuries ago." (ANI/TPS) Tel Aviv [Israel], ...

Jerusalem: Excavations of a 2500-year-old tomb compound in the Negev desert in southern Israel revealed ancient trade caravans traveling through the area, revealing the region's possible historical ...

India does not have a good excuse for how badly it lags on trade. It has many trade advantages that benefited it historically ...

Archaeologists have discovered Bronze Age footprints near Pompeii, showing people and animals fleeing a Vesuvius eruption millennia before 79 C.E.—foreshadowing the devastation that would later ...