In 1177BC, Amurapi, the last king of Ugarit in modern-day Syria, wrote in cuneiform on baked clay to the Hittite emperor ...

A turquoise-encrusted mask of Xiuhtecuhtli, Aztec fire god, symbolises renewal and is showcased at the British Museum.

In the southern Arizona desert, a fragment of forgotten history has emerged from the dust: a bronze cannon, silent for nearly ...

You'll find Irish backgrounds in many parts of Mexican life, from the Wexfordman who inspired Zorro to the artist Juan ...

Aquileia, a small town in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region in northeastern Italy, is now a modest place with barely 3,000 ...

Location: Peru Greatest Contributions: Machu Picchu, terrace farming Must-See Relics: Ollantaytambo, the Sacred Valley The ancient Olmec Empire dominated Mexico and Central America, dating as far back ...

A class of Fayette Elementary fifth-graders brought history to life Wednesday through a series of short plays about early ...

The mysterious Aztec "death whistles" have fascinated researchers with their eerie, terrifying effect they have on the ...

Scientists are going gaga over the earliest inscription declaring “Jesus is God,” claiming that this 1,800-year-old engraving ...

After a spectacular kill in Munich, international assassin The Jackal (Eddie Redmayne) is contracted to off a messianic tech billionaire (Khalid Abdalla). Meanwhile, MI6 operative Bianca Pullman ...

New research has revealed that remains 42 children, unearthed at Templo Mayor, were linked to a severe drought that ravaged ...

The sacrifice of at least 42 children in Tenochtitlán, now Mexico City, was an effort to calm the anger of the Aztec rain god ...