In the Valley of the Kings, the cliffs hide the tombs of Egypt’s greatest rulers. >> >> In 1903, Howard Carter entered one of the smallest. Robbers had ransacked it....
Egyptian archaeologists made an extraordinary discovery near Cairo just recently. Drum roll, please. The most ancient and most complete mummy yet discovered in the country. Yes, they were keeping it...
This is the Terracotta Army. 8,000 warriors buried over 2,000 years ago. One of the greatest wonders of the world. >> The Terracotta Army is one of the most famous...
For nearly a century, the golden mask of Tutankhamun has defined our image of the boy king—youthful, flawless, and majestic. But what if everything we thought we knew about his...
For 2,000 years we’ve been told Cleopatra was the most beautiful woman who ever lived. The face that brought Rome to its knees. But new DNA analysis of her bloodline...
In the fall of 1904, deep within the Oakquir Mountains in Utah, a copper mining crew working in Bingham Canyon drove their pick into the ore at the end of...
There is a mound in eastern Turkey on a hillside in a remote corner of Agri province about 29 km south of the summit of Mount Ararat. It sits at...
Let’s face it, most ancient tombs have been looted at least once. No matter how scary the rumors could have been, most mummies were opened, too. But, one. This is...
Peru is rich with pre-Colombian history. While many are familiar with the Incas, few have heard of the Chachapoa high in the Andian rainforest, the people known as the cloud...