In 18 July Nature, Jeffrey Hurst and colleagues at the Hershey Foods Technical Center, Pennsylvania, show that the Mayans were consuming chocolate (Theobroma cacao) as early as 600 BC — almost a ...

A new study has revealed that 3,300 years ago, tin mined in south-west Britain was a key resource for major Bronze Age ...

Peisistratus was an ancient Greek statesman who ruled Athens as a tyrant but laid the foundation for the city's later ...

During the 5th century BC, swords became increasing shorter as tactics changed in favor of less armor, increased agility, and closer combat. This was partly in response to the threat of Persian ...

Around 600 BC, when the Babylonians conquered the region, dye production at Tel Shiqmona was abandoned. "It was an industrial site throughout most of the Iron Age, without monumental architecture ...