New study finds Neanderthals hunted European pond turtles 125,000 years ago in Germany – maybe not just for food, but to use the shells as tools or containers.

For the past few thousand years, the Indian Epic Ramayana has been among the most important literary and oral texts of South and Southeast Asia. Every autumn, Lord Rama's victory over the demon king Ravana is celebrated through plays and dances in towns and villages across India.

Discover how a 15,000-year-old seal tooth pendant from Kents Cavern is shedding light on the fashion, trade, and culture of the Stone Age Magdalenian civilization.

Many associate two popular themes with ancient Egypt: animal worship and mummies.

New radiocarbon dating at Mohenjo-daro pushes the origins of the ancient Indus Valley megacity back by centuries to 2700 BC, challenging previous timelines.

New archaeological evidence from Mongolian burial mounds challenges the theory of mass feasting at Bronze Age khirigsuurs, revealing complex rituals involving horses.

The Times of Israel reports that a 1,600-year-old wine press has been discovered in a vast Byzantine building along the incense trade route in the southern Negev desert in Israel. Experts suggest that the Byzantine-era wine press is truly unique.

There are lost cities all over the world. Some, like the remains of Mayan cities hidden beneath a thick canopy of rainforest in Mesoamerica, are found with the help of laser lights.

In Norse mythology, seidr was magic practiced by shamans, who travelled between the worlds of the Yggdrasil tree of life, to bring wisdom from the Three Fates.

Extraordinary 2,600-year-old house urn unveiled at Polish museum reveals multi-person cremation burial from Early Iron Age Pomeranian culture.