Making fire on demand was a milestone in the lives of our early ancestors. But the question of when that skill first arose ...

Underwater archaeologists have uncovered an ancient Egyptian pleasure boat, which appears in art and writing but has never ...

New evidence suggests that alcohol was a surprisingly big motivator in our monumental transition from hunting and gathering to farming – but was beer really more important to us than bread?

Startling new evidence is leading us to some very interesting conclusions along these lines. This video is further analysis of the Ancient Egyptian, pre-dynastic granite vase that has been the ...

The Unfinished Obelisk in Aswan was meant to be the largest ever carved by ancient Egypt—an enormous thousand-ton block of ...