In our museum exhibit, we have quite a few toys and games. It’s amazing how so many of them share similar beginnings and how ...

Ancient Chinese chess has emerged as a conduit in the realm of international relations, fostering people-to-people exchanges ...

The ancient game of chess is one steeped in tradition, with a history dating back centuries. It was once a game purely of ...

They fought the Egyptians, sacked Babylon, and built elaborate cities. Then the Hittites vanished. Today, new discoveries are ...

Consider this ancient ear of maize, which Walter Hough pulled out of a New Mexico cave more than a century ago. Hough worked at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History (the repository ...

Cecrops, Athens’ first king, banned bloody sacrifices and reformed worship with laws, morality, and symbolic offerings.

Perhaps it’s because chess is an ancient game, played by the Anglo-Saxon people whose culture Tolkien was riffing on when he created the horse-lords of the Rohirrim. So, while there are plenty ...

Archaeologists working in an ancient Mayan city have unearthed a ... “Everyone knows what happened to the Aztec civilization after the Spanish arrived … These powers of central Mexico reached ...

Preity Zinta shared a heartfelt moment with Priyansh Arya after his explosive 103 off 42 balls helped Punjab Kings defeat CSK. The 24-year-old’s knock, featuring seven 4s and nine 6s, made him ...

Apr. 2, 2025 — Jurassic dinosaurs milled about ancient Scottish lagoons, leaving up to 131 footprints at a newly discovered stomping ground on the Isle of Skye in Scotland, according to a new ...

From Rome’s holiest texts to a Chinese manuscript that wouldn’t have fit inside a shipping container, here’s our top ten list of the most important ancient documents that no longer exist ...