Ancient civilizations have always fascinated historians and the public. Because of how different the modern world is, we tend to marvel at how people thrived in the past, yet they had minimal ...

BC. The Persian Achaemenid Empire, established half a century earlier under Cyrus the Great, stretched from Northern India to Southeast Europe. The Achaemenid Empire controlled a vast area with ...

Heritage Broadcasting Service (operated by the Archaeological Legacy Institute) offers a curated catalog of documentary films focused on archaeology, history, and cultural legacy. The catalog serves ...

Details: The Arkhaios Film Festival will be Sunday, October 19 from 2–5 p.m. at the Kimbell Art Museum in the Piano Pavilion Auditorium, 3333 Camp Bowie Blvd, Fort Worth. Free; no registration ...

Archaeologists may have found a big clue leading to Cleopatra's tomb. Learn more in Nat Geo's "Cleopatra's Final Secret," streaming on Hulu and Disney+ Sept. 26.

Recent stunning discoveries are exploding the myth of the Amazon as a primeval wilderness, revealing traces of ancient civilizations that flourished there for centuries. Dense settlements indicate ...

A century ago, UChicago scholars argued a controversial idea: Western civilization had its roots in the ancient Middle East—not in Greece or Rome. Today, scholars at the OI and across the University ...