Language has a remarkable way of capturing human behaviour and personality in a single word. One such expressive term is ...

The 3,300-year-old tablet was uncovered from the Büklükale ruins near the Kizilirmak River, 60 miles outside of Ankara, ...

A 3,300-year-old Hittite seal found in Turkey contains the warning 'whoever breaks this will die', likely used to punish ...

Today, trans people face politicization of their lives and vilification from politicians, media and parts of broader society.

You’ll need to look back to Ancient Roman history to learn how the modern-day months got their names—and what they were ...

Born in Schaffhausen, Switzerland, in 1935, von Däniken rose to prominence when he published Chariots of the Gods? while working as a hotel manager in Davos. The book posed a provocative question that ...

During excavations of the ruins, archaeologists uncovered a new language written on a tablet detailing a foreign ritual.

Do you know what the old name of Uttarakhand was? The ancient name was Uttaranchal, which changed to Uttarakhand in 2007.

The essays in Ananya Vajpeyi’s book, Place, are deeply personal and intimate encounters between her and the contemporary ...

The rocky island of Samothrace in the northern Aegean Sea was home to the Sanctuary of the Great Gods, enigmatic deities who were thought to grant protection to seafarers. Archaeologists have found ...

Erich von Däniken, Swiss writer who spawned alien archaeology, dies at 90The Associated PressBERLINErich von Däniken, the Swiss author whose books on the extraterrestrial origins of ancient ...

Best-selling Swiss author Erich von Daeniken, who built a lucrative career on his argument, rubbished by scientists and ...