Rare photographs expose Zawyet El Aryan, Egypt's forbidden archaeological site sealed by military since 1964. The mysterious underground complex features massive granite blocks and cryptic inscriptions.

New radiocarbon dating of Egyptian artifacts proves the massive Minoan Thera eruption occurred before Pharaoh Ahmose I, revolutionizing Bronze Age chronology across the Mediterranean region.

Archaeologists have the opportunity to discover how people in the late Bronze Age lived and what they ate by excavati

Is it true cheaters never prosper? Archaeologists believe that a 600-year-old wooden dice found in Norway was used in Medieval gambling. It was apparently a prized possession of a shifty player, who may have had to toss his “lucky charm” as people caught on to his unfair advantage in their game.

During the Bronze Age the Hittites built a mighty empire that ruled Anatolia, when their kings conquered and formed alliances to secure tin trade routes.

In 1798 Napoleon took the French Revolutionary Wars to Egypt. Leading the expedition himself, he hoped to disrupt British interests in the region and score a major win for France.

Researchers find opium in rare Egyptian alabaster vase inscribed to Xerxes I, and conclude Tutankhamun's tomb vessels also contained opiates in ancient Egypt.

Archaeologists discover revealing 1500-1400 BC cuneiform tablets at ancient Alalakh in Turkey, including Bronze Age administrative records from the Mitanni Empire.

Police in Myanmar have opened fire on protesters in Bagan, the former ancient capital, bringing destruction to one of the world’s oldest religious centers.

The Ministry of Culture in Italy have issued an extraordinary statement on Pompeii. A new discovery is fiercely challenging the timing of the obliteration of the Roman city, one that has been generally accepted for centuries due to the description of the event provided by an eye witness.