Egypt on Saturday is inaugurating the Grand Egyptian Museum, aiming to boost tourism and revitalize the economy ...

It’s now 30 years since Sky HISTORY first burst onto TV screens. How apt, then, that the number 30 has played a major part in quite a few historical ...

Chumash Painted Cave State Historic Park in Santa Barbara is exactly that kind of magical find—a pocket-sized portal to ancient California hiding in plain sight. This isn’t your standard tourist ...

The very first Halloween celebrations trace back to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, which later morphed into All ...

The museum, which is set to officially open Saturday, highlights Egypt's ancient civilization and is a centerpiece of the government’s drive to boost the tourist industry, a major source of foreign ...

An ancient Celtic Festival, the Catholic Church, the Irish Potato Famine, and community leaders turned Halloween into the ...

The 1-inch pottery fragment, which is part of a seal that was used to authenticate official documents, was reportedly found ...

It is clear that the sprawling city of Teotihuacan near Mexico City was a major metropolis of the ancient world, but what do ...

Teachers at nine high schools in northeastern Australia discovered days before an ancient history exam that they had ...

From the Greeks and the Romans to the Ottoman empire, the history of Sardis, Turkey, is one of persistent turnover. But its ...

Plague, leprosy, smallpox and other diseases didn't jump from animals to humans when we thought. Ancient DNA is revealing ...

National Chocolate Day brings cocoa-rich treats to the spotlight, giving everyone a reason to celebrate their favorite indulgence.