The complex also included a large warehouse and winepress Sonja Anderson The Harlem Renaissance author spent her last years writing about the ancient king. Six decades after her death, her ...

The burial site, rife with Iron Age artifacts like a chariot and a helmet, likely belonged to a Piceni prince Eli Wizevich New research suggests the monument in Teotihuacán, along with the larger ...

A century ago, UChicago scholars argued a controversial idea: Western civilization had its roots in the ancient Middle East—not in Greece or Rome. Today, scholars at the OI and across the University ...

With so many "lost cities" being discovered, it's natural that ancient civilizations would fascinate us, especially the advanced ones. Many assume technological advancement is a modern phenomenon ...

As I walk through the ruins of Machu Picchu, an Incan citadel built in the heights of the Andes Mountains in Peru and dating back to sometime around 1450, I see the magnificent remains of buildings ...

Located in the ancient capital Xi’an, the university has long focused on archaeological research in the northwestern region of China, uncovering civilizations from Zhou, Qin, Han and Tang ...