The oldest religious text in the world date back thousands of years, though many religions were initially passed on through spoken word. These religious texts are some of the oldest in human history.

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi warmly welcomed the distinguished guests of Egypt and the Egyptian people, in a speech, which he commenced with: "I begin my address by welcoming you to the land of ...

Native people have been occupying Arizona for thousands of years, but it wasn't until 1877 that Arizona's first city was incorporated.

In Louisiana, hunter-gatherers of the Evans culture built Watson Brake, a massive complex of 11 mounds connected by ridges, ...

The great civilizations of the ancient Americas were incredibly active and productive, and new evidence of their industriousness and ambition has been discovered at a well-known archaeological hot ...

After eight years of intensive archaeological investigation, researchers have unveiled Peñico a sophisticated urban center dating to approximately 1800-1500 BC, located in Peru's Barranca province.

João Marinho Neto's milestone came months after he celebrated the world’s oldest person, Ethel Caterham, on her 116th birthday Bailey Richards is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...

Around 3400 BC, the Sumerians, the world’s oldest known civilization, first cultivated the opium poppy in lower Mesopotamia, calling it Hul Gil, or the ‘joy plant.’ Harvested for its milk-like sap, ...

CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (WBOY) — This weekend, the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) stopped in Clarksburg, West Virginia, to recognize the life of Francis Dalton, also known as the oldest known miner ...