Experts say that American history could very well be reauthored after archaeologists in the country discovered an “ancient ...

Think ancient civilizations were primitive? The evidence suggests otherwise.From computers that tracked celestial events to ...

The existential question of which countries are the oldest has long intrigued historians, and for good reason. However, defining what makes a country "old" is challenging, as it depends on historical ...

Archaeologists have gathered evidence of how an ancient civilization survived a drought in atypical ways. The civilization apparently predates the Inca, the Maya, and the Aztecs, and withstood a ...

THE OLDEST LIVING CITY IN THE AMERICAS. THIS IS CUSCO, PERU, THE CAPITAL OF THE INCAN EMPIRE. IT’S ALIVE AND IT’S UP THERE AT 11,000FT. THE ELEVATION IS MORE THAN TWICE AS HIGH AS DENVER. BUT ...

Culture Minister Fadli Zon highlights that 67,800-year-old rock paintings in Sulawesi prove Indonesia is among the oldest civilizations in the world.

Both Egypt and China have such long histories; their ancient cultures are often compared. For example, China's Shang Dynasty ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One of history's biggest questions is: "How does an entire civilization disappear?" One can comprehend how an object or even a ...

Sixteen ancient canoes have been found in Lake Mendota, and the oldest is thought to be older than the Great Pyramids of Giza ...

While gold and silver have long been symbols of wealth and power, in ancient China, these precious metals carried a much ...

Confucius (circa 551–479 B.C.E.) was a teacher, philosopher, and political theorist from ancient China. His teachings have influenced much of East Asia and continue to provide us with guidance on how ...