Remnants of a settlement dating from the late Bronze Age to the early Iron Age — the twelfth century B.C. to the seventh century B.C. — included buildings densely packed together on a 7.4-acre plot, ...

Archaeologists have made a ground-breaking discovery near Marliens, France. During an extensive excavation covering 60,000 square meters, the team unearthed an ancient monument featuring a unique ...

Ancient masters of engineering ... to the city of Nîmes in southern France. This story appears in the November/December 2016 issue of National Geographic History magazine. Water was transported ...

Andrew Caillard is aghast. In his ­recently published history of Australian wine, The Australian Ark, the former fine wine auctioneer tells the untold tales behind some of the country’s oldest working ...

The Neolithic period began in southwest Asia around 12,000 years ago. It marked a major shift in human history as societies ...