Discover 5 amazing animals that shaped and lived alongside ancient civilizations. Each played a unique role in shaping early societies.

But what is the Eye of Horus and what did it mean to the ancient Egyptians? According to Egyptian mythology, Horus was the ...

The statue was carved from a single piece of limestone, and pigment residue suggests that the entire Great Sphinx was painted ...

making it possibly the oldest solar calendar in ancient civilization. Marking a massive comet strike as the start, inhabitants used symbols to record every astronomical event, including those as ...

Skulls were prominent in ancient Mesoamerican artwork, particularly among the Aztec, so the connection between these artifacts and these civilizations is apt. "[I]t was a symbol of regeneration ...

Carvings on a 12,000-year-old monument in Turkey appear to mark solar days and years, making it possibly the oldest solar ...