Across the globe, a race is under way to crack some of the last mysterious forms of writing that have never been translated.

The ancient Greeks and Romans built astonishing monuments like the Lighthouse of Alexandria and the Hanging Gardens of ...

In little more than a century, Muslim forces expanded from Arabia across the Middle East, North Africa, Spain, and Central ...

After the conquests of Alexander the Great in Egypt, the Ptolemaic dynasty established Alexandria, the jewel of the ...

Many of the world’s most fascinating archaeological sites are overshadowed by their more famous neighbors, leaving countless ancient wonders quietly waiting to be discovered. Travelers seeking history ...

Excavations of an ancient construction site in Pompeii have revealed the process of how Romans mixed their self-healing ...

Amongst the most enduring mythical creatures, which were present in so many ancient cultures, are the dragons. Appearing frequently in folklore and tales from China in the east to Europe in the west, ...

Researchers have dated vertebrae from a massive prehistoric shark thought to have ruled the waves off northern Australia back ...

New research led by the British Museum has found evidence of the world’s oldest human fire-making activity in Barnham, ...

The pyramids of Egypt are among the greatest engineering achievements in human history. Built over 4,500 years ago, they ...

Modern tools and good old-fashioned digging revealed royal tombs, World War II shipwrecks, and the oldest Egyptian genome ...

The museum's reopening serves as a symbolic display of stability ahead of planned elections in 2026, one expert told NBC News.