This episode explores the eerie question: how does an entire civilization just disappear? From thriving cities to complex cultures, we trace societies that rose to real power and then went silent, ...

History is filled with powerful empires that seemed invincible until they weren't. Between roughly 1250 and 1150 BCE, major ...

Ancient Nubian civilizations practiced something that might shock modern sensibilities - they tattooed the faces of infants and toddlers as young as seven months old. A new study using advanced ...

The celebration of the Winter Solstice is an ancient practice that is almost untraceable. While we know civilizations like ...

Known as the Colossi of Memnon, the statues of Amenhotep III both stand at more than 40 feet tall. Experts have been working ...

After the meeting, a statement was issued urging Thailand and Cambodia to cease hostilities and mandating the ...

From the Eiffel Tower's first colors to the original Penn Station, explore how iconic landmarks worldwide looked in the past ...

The wealthiest grave containing the oldest golden artifacts ever found from the 5th millennium BC was discovered in the 1970s ...

Turkey is known as the Crossroads of the World because it connects Europe and Asia through geography, global trade routes, ...

Deep in China's mountains, ancient melodies echo once more, intertwining with contemporary rhythms. In villages and fields, ...

No one knows the exact dates when various ancient civilizations figured out the importance of seed corn. The idea that you do ...

In some of the ancient civilizations each year was designated with a label rather than a number. For example, there was a Year of the Locust, a Year of the Flood, or a Year of Golden Harvest.