Speaking of insights into royal romances, Princess Kate's close school friend once revealed that Kate, when a teenager, already had strong opinions about her future husband. While Kate's friends would ...

Remember when newspapers were just, well, paper? Flipping through pages, maybe doing the crossword. Pretty simple stuff.

Did the ancient Macedonians participate in the Olympic Games in which only the Greeks were allowed to compete?

A recent study analyzes the attempt by the Roman emperor Claudius, who ruled from 41 to 54 CE, to promote haruspicy, the ancient art of divination that involved examining the entrails of animals to ...

Troy, ancient site in western Turkey, hosts expansive contemporary art exhibition The site's archaeological museum is showing the work of the artist Vuslat among its artefacts to build a bridge ...

Ancient rock art site under threat as Australian government provisionally extends 'carbon bomb' gas project The 50,000-year-old carvings on the Burrup Peninsula include the earliest-known ...

Etched onto rocks on a remote peninsula in Western Australia are millions of images drawn tens of thousands of years ago by the country’s original inhabitants, including the earliest known ...

Casamari Abbey in Italy is a gem of Cistercian-Gothic art, whose stones have been imbued with the prayers of monks over the centuries. Here, the monks have dedicated their lives to the vows of ...

A Neanderthal man is believed to have painted a nose on a pebble using red pigment more than 43,000 years ago.

Australia’s bid to secure World Heritage status for a site with Indigenous rock art estimated to be 50,000 years old has been dealt a blow after a U.N. advisory body warned it was at risk from ...

Michael Phelps made waves in his very first Olympics, Athens 2004, bagging a record eight medals to tie Alexander Dityatin's record. He was a force to be reckoned with at the 2008 Games, claiming ...

Ancient human fingerprint suggests Neanderthals made art. Image source, ... human fingerprint after unearthing a rock which they say resembles a human face and suggests Neanderthals could make art.