The depth of the writer’s commitment is tested when he meets with a Southern Californian tattooist proficient in ancient ...

Sam Kean has gone back in time, at least in practice, for his new book "Dinner with King Tut." He talks with NPR's Ayesha Rascoe about "experimental archeology" and learning about ancient cultures.

Look at a list of ingredients, work backward, and you can see what a civilization farmed, traded for, and treasured. Recreate that dish, and you get a sense of how other people lived.

The artifact, estimated to be over 3,000 years old, is unlike anything ever recorded in Egyptian history, raising more questions than answers about the true nature of ancient civilizations.

Here Are The Stories Behind 10 Ancient Civilizations That Seemingly Vanished From The Face Of The ... dooming itself to "ecocide," an idea popularized in geographer Jared Diamond's 2005 book ...

In his 2014 book, 1177 BC: The Year Civilization Collapsed, Eric Cline described this so-called “Late Bronze Age Collapse,” which led to a “Dark Age” that lasted for decades in some places, and ...

The Book of the Dead was an ancient Egyptian manual for how to travel through the afterlife. ... That means the ancient Egypt civilization lasted around 3,000 years.

Ancient civilizations countered extreme heat. ... Civilizations have recognized the power of cities to heat themselves up and cool themselves for centuries. ... As I explore in my recent book, ...