These ancient structures still stand - but the people who built them remain a mystery that history can’t fully explain.

The artist isn’t known for her drawings, but in a new show these cryptic, sometimes unsettling works speak volumes.

Stonehenge has inspired countless theories — from calendars to aliens to giants. But a new idea brings back something even stranger: the myth of Merlin. And some parts of the story might just make ...

Survive in the ancient clockwork world of Elysium in this airship survival RPG set in the heavens of mythical ancient Greece.

Erich von Däniken, the Swiss author whose books on the alleged extraterrestrial origins of ancient civilizations brought him ...

The oldest known cremation pyre in Africa is shedding light on the complex funeral rites of ancient hunter-gatherers 9,500 years ago.

Researchers across the globe put on their sleuthing hats this year to provide answers to questions that have lingered from ...

New archaeological evidence is helping rewrite old myths about disabled people in the ancient world. Early Roman Empire depiction of a Freedman and Freedwoman, 30-15 BCE. British Museum, London, UK.

The room we are in is locked. It is windowless and lit from above by a fluorescent bulb. In the hallway outside—two stories beneath the city of London—attendants in dark suits patrol silently, giving ...

The author of the City Spies series chooses 7 crime novels that invite young readers to discover the culprit before the characters do. By James Ponti James Ponti is the Edgar Award-winning author of ...

While working on Wake Up Dead Man, director Rian Johnson read a lot of John Dixon Carr, a classic mystery novelist who specialized in locked-door mysteries. Johnson explains, “The Hollow Man is ...