Empress Zoe Porphyrogenita is among the most intriguing female figures in Byzantine history for a number of good reasons.

A number of Byzantine coins discovered in China and Japan indicate that there was a trade link between the Byzantine Empire and China.

A French city with a bad reputation and the ancient capital of Africa’s largest country are two of the alternative places you should visit this year. That’s according to the travel gurus at Lonely ...

Jemima McPhee receives funding from an Australian Government Research Training Program (RTP) Scholarship. Ancient scientists can be easy to dismiss. Greek philosopher Thales of Miletus, often ...

Set aside your matches or lighter and try to start a fire—chances are you’d be left cold and hungry. But as early as 400,000 years ago, ancient hominins may have had the skills to conjure flame, ...

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GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Each Arc Raiders map has a few intriguing puzzles to figure out, and they'll usually provide you with some nice loot for solving them. For instance, ...

Examination of an ancient alabaster vase in the Yale Peabody Museum’s Babylonian Collection has revealed traces of opiates, providing the clearest evidence to date of broad opium use in ancient ...

Fly over the ancient ruins of Timgad, Algeria, with this captivating drone footage showcasing the remnants of this Roman imperial city. Fly over the vast archaeological site, revealing its ...

Across continents, from Asia to Africa, this form of civic revolt via social networks has begun to follow a familiar pattern. In Madagascar, the youth movement has already appointed eight ...

Over the weekend, Madelyn Cline was spotted kissing Prince Constantine-Alexios of Greece in a steamy snap posted by Deuxmoi—further fueling romance rumors between the actress and the prince. Earlier ...

The human genome is made up of 23 pairs of chromosomes, the biological blueprints that make humans … well, human. But it turns out that some of our DNA — about 8% — are the remnants of ancient viruses ...