The news media is abuzz lately about Greenland, an Arctic territory just east of Canada and part of the kingdom of Denmark.

Nobody seems to have noticed the significance of the locations in St Paul’s missionary journey other than to note that there were Jewish communities in those locations.

At the Battle of Issus, fought in early November 333 BC, Alexander faced the Persian King Darius in person for the first time.

The ancient city of Perge, located in the Antalya province of modern-day Turkey, continues to reveal its historical significance through ongoing archaeological work.

Ancient Egyptian mummified bodies smell ‘woody,’ ‘spicy’ and ‘sweet’, finds a new study led by researchers from University College London and the University of Ljubljana in Slovenia, revealing new det ...

A significant archaeological find beneath the basement of an office building in London is providing an exceptional glimpse into the city's Roman past.

The River Thames in England has gained a reputation as a watery burial ground, and with good reason. Over the past 200 years skeletal remains have been dredged up from its bottom ...

At Ancient Origins, we believe that one of the most important fields of knowledge we can pursue as human beings is our beginnings. And while some people may seem content with the story as it stands, ...

With the international release of the blockbuster movie Nosferatu at the beginning of this year, interest in vampires may be at an all-time high.