Samhain is pronounced as Sahwin. This ancient Gaelic festival marks the end of the harvest season and the beginning of winter ...

Cleopatra was not just a famed Greek queen of Ancient Egypt, but she also even created her own secret drinking club.

The origins of ice cream-like treats have been traced back to ancient Persia as far back as 550 BC, according to various ...

Excavations on unpromising mounds in the Iraqi desert revealed Sumer’s earliest city. Surviving relics and a rebuilt temple have given experts more clues about the ancient metropolis of Eridu.

A new study reveals beer was key to the Wari empire's 500-year reign in ancient Peru—brewed chicha kept political peace with ...

At the Iraqi Site of Assur, Ancient History Stands at Risk of Destruction. In its time, the Assyrian capital faced waves of invasions and abandonment.

Ancient human figurines have been found. Cave of El Castillo, Spain. Some of the oldest known paintings in the world are in the Cave of the Castle, in Cantabria in the north of Spain.

A newly discovered, raccoon-sized armored monstersaurian from the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Southern ...

When was the first alcoholic beverage made? Which beverages were produced in ancient civilizations? Humans have been making ...

Powerful alcohol distributor abruptly quits California as it takes stand over problems doing business ... Romans indulged in deep fried songbirds in ancient fast food shops 2,000 years ago, study ...

Archaeologists in Israel have unearthed a Roman-era sarcophagus that depicts Dionysus beating Hercules in a drinking contest.