Aristotle’s Poetics has arguably influenced modern culture more than any other ancient text. The Greek philosopher’s 4th ...

For centuries, Indonesia was a thriving center of Hindu and Buddhist influence, ruled by powerful dynasties that shaped its ...

It was the Greek military scientist named Aeneas Tacticus who developed this ingenious method of communicating messages using the simplest torch signals in the 4th century BCE. The way in which this ...

The abacus has been in existence in China since the second century BCE, although the oldest counting boards have been found in fourth century BCE Rome. Many cultures used abaci or something similar ...

By the late fourth century BCE, the Nabataeans, a tribe most likely from central Arabia who had established themselves at what is now Petra in modern Jordan, were becoming wealthy from trade in ...

Located in the coastal desert of Peru, the archaeological site of Chankillo dates back to the fourth century BCE. This ...

This is a black day,” says the director general of the Drents Museum, where burglars stole four gold objects including a helmet considered a Romanian national treasure.

Greek astronomer Claudius Ptolemy, who lived in Egypt, built upon Babylonian knowledge in his geocentric model of the ...

According to local folklore, the city of Margilan was founded by Alexander the Great in the 4th Century BCE, following his conquest of Persia. While such a story is not backed by archaeological ...