Billy Carson, a scientist known for his unconventional theories, believes that an ancient nuclear war was the catalyst for civilization on Earth. He shared his theory on the Joe Rogan podcast, stating ...

The expansion of Ancient Greeks into Assyria between the 9th and the 7th centuries BC occurred through mercenary warfare and ...

In 1812 Napoleon Bonaparte invaded Russia with one of the largest armies in history—the “Grande Armée” of about half a ...

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During the fifth century BC, Athens was a city-state to be reckoned with. Together with Sparta, it was one of the two great powers of Classical Greece. When in 431 bc the Peloponnesian War broke out, ...

A metal detectorist found a haul of artifacts in 2023, and analysis has finally determined that one of the bronze discoveries was a piece of 3,200-year-old armor. Experts in the Czech Republic believe ...

A millennia-old helmet that saw ancient Rome’s first great Mediterranean war was recently unearthed in Italy. The find was announced by the Sicilian regional government in a Sept. 5 announcement. In a ...

Severed arms and brutalized skeletal remains recovered from pits at two 6,000-year-old archaeological sites in northeastern France suggest the region's inhabitants turned torture into a public ...

Tombs scattered across China, built between the 4,000-year old Xia Dynasty and the modern era, reflect the political and ...

Climate change and rising salinity threaten Iraq's ancient cities like Ur and Babylon, imperiling thousands of years of ...